On 26Dec2006 13:46, Marcelo Magno T. Sales <marcelo.sales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: | Em Ter?a 26 Dezembro 2006 12:54, Marcelo Magno T. Sales escreveu: [...] | > user02, as expected, is not able to read nor modify the contents of this | > file, as he does not have read nor write permissions on it. However, he can | > delete the file, because he has write permissions on /test, once he's | > member of the group users. | > However, if user02 opens file.txt in VIM, edit it and then save it with | > :w!, the file is modified, saved, and its ownership is altered to | > user02:users. How can this happen?? How can VIM alter the ownership and | > write to this file, if user02 is not it's owner and have no permissions on | > it? user02 can't do that using chown, chmod nor chgrp, but using VIM he | > can?! | | Never mind. VIM must be removing the existing file and creating another one | with the same name, which it has permission to do. It does not effective | change the existing file, it just replaces it. Yep. Does this annoy you as much as it does me? -- Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ Anyone who values temporary safety over personal liberty, deserves neither liberty nor safety. - Ben Franklin, paraphrased due to bad memory
