On Tue, 2006-05-16 at 18:57 +0200, Kai Schaetzl wrote:
> Andy Green wrote on Tue, 16 May 2006 16:59:18 +0100:
>
> > This sounds like a Unix feature, not a bug. If the user has write
> > rights to the directory, he can delete anything in the directory no
> > matter who owns the file.
>
> Oh, well, now that you say it I remember that remotely from "Unix school".
> I'd completely phased that out.
>
> Is there a way to achieve different behavior without using acl extensions?
> My objective is that I want users *not* to be able to delete certain
> files/directories in their home directories. It seems I can achieve this
> partly by putting files in a directory they don't own. They then cannot
> delete the files in the directory and therefore cannot delete the
> directory. As soon as the directory is empty they can delete it.
>
Have you reviewed the chmod command? There is a bit that can be set that
says that files can only be deleted by those who own them. Shows up with
a "t" in certain positions. Just like with /tmp.
> Kai
> <snip sig stuff>
HTH
--
Bill
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