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- From: probreak@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (James Michael Chacon)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: GROUP file access
- Date: 22 Jan 1993 15:44:27 -0600
- Organization: Kansas State University
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- c60b-1fk@web-1b.berkeley.edu (Ahmon Dancy) writes:
-
-
- >I have a file like this:
-
- >-rw-r--r-- owner:root group:mud file
-
- >I tried this as a ordinary user with uid!=0 and gid=mud.
-
- >rm file
- >override 0644 protection? y
- >>
-
- >It deleted the file. Should this happen?
-
- It depends on the permissions of the directory the file is in. If the directory
- has write permission turned on for the group mud, or for everyone then files
- can be removed. The permissions on the file will just allow you to change
- its contents, not remove it.
-
- James
-