2009/1/19 Ralf Ertzinger <fedora@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Hi. > > On Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:14:07 +0100, Joshua C. wrote: > >> Recently I saw that I can modify/delete any file in my home directory. >> Even if it is owned by root and is set as 444. If I'm the owner of the >> directory these files are in, I can do whatever I want with them >> regardless of their owner and attributes. This is in >> kde-dolphin-4.1.4.fc9. > > This has been the way of UNIX since the dawn of time. Deleting a file > is a directory operation, so the permissions on the directory apply, > not the permissions on the file. > > You should not be able to modify the file in place, however (but > you could delete it and create a new one, which would be owned by > you and not root). I think this concers only deleting a file. But I shouldn't be allowed to rename it, should I? in kde3 I couldn't delete those files. why? -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
