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    SubjectRe: Disturbing news..
     john slee <indigoid@higherplane.net> says:

    >On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 03:10:08PM +0100, Sean Hunter wrote:
    >> On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 06:08:15AM -0600, Jesse Pollard wrote:
    >> > Sure - very simple. If the execute bit is set on a file, don't allow
    >> > ANY write to the file. This does modify the permission bits slightly
    >> > but I don't think it is an unreasonable thing to have.
    >> >
    >>
    >> Are we not then in the somewhat zen-like state of having an "rm" which can't
    >> "rm" itself without needing to be made non-executable so that it can't execute?
    >
    >aiiiieee, my head hurts now, thanks :(

    It shouldn't. rm is not prevented from removing an unwriteable file (though it complains by default). Directory permissions control operations on links.

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