Is this correct behavior? I cant change the owner or permissions of a root owned file with out sudo, but I can delete it with out sudo.
r...@blackbox:~$ mkdir test r...@blackbox:~$ cd test r...@blackbox:~/test$ touch test r...@blackbox:~/test$ chown root:root test chown: changing ownership of `test': Operation not permitted r...@blackbox:~/test$ sudo chown root:root test [sudo] password for rob: r...@blackbox:~/test$ chmod a-w test chmod: changing permissions of `test': Operation not permitted r...@blackbox:~/test$ sudo chmod a-w test r...@blackbox:~/test$ vdir total 0 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 2009-06-13 11:31 test r...@blackbox:~/test$ rm test rm: remove write-protected regular empty file `test'? y r...@blackbox:~/test$ vdir total 0 r...@blackbox:~/test$ -- User can delete file owned by root with rm. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/292447 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
