Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 25 Oct 1999 08:51:02 -0500 (CDT) | From | Jesse Pollard <> | Subject | Re: buglet in ext2 sticky bit? |
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>On 2.2.13pre9 a user cannot delete a file in /tmp even if it >is writable for everyone: > >japetus /tmp ls -ld . aap >drwxrwxrwt 5 root root 1024 Oct 24 22:17 . >-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 30 Oct 24 22:11 aap >japetus /tmp rm -f aap >rm: cannot unlink `aap': Operation not permitted >japetus /tmp id >uid=363(fvm) gid=215(sec) groups=215(sec),3972(owner),9998(inet1),9999(inet2),9997(inet3) >japetus /tmp uname -a >Linux japetus.localdomain 2.2.13pre9 #1 Sat Sep 18 21:32:21 MEST 1999 i486 unknown > > >AFAIK a file writable for everyone should be deletable when >+t on the parent dir.
no. only the owner can delete - the file could be used as a lock - if your premis were true, then anywne would be able to remove the lock. (even though it is a shared file.)
This is working correctly IMO. (Although I also think the protection mask is improper)
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