Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 29 Mar 2001 13:25:41 -0600 (CST) | From | Jesse Pollard <> | Subject | Re: Bug in the file attributes ? |
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> > > Hi, > > I just made a manipulation that disturbs me. So I'm asking whether it's a > bug or a features. > > user> su > root> echo "test" > test > root> ls -l > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5 Mar 29 19:14 test > root> exit > user> rm test > rm: remove write-protected file `test'? y > user> ls test > ls: test: No such file or directory > > This is in the user home directory. > Since the file is read only for the user, it should not be able to remove > it. Moreover, the user can't write to test. > So I think this is a bug.
Nope - rm only updates the directory, which the user owns; not the file. The prompt is just being nice.
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