Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 11 Sep 2000 20:15:36 +0200 (CEST) | From | Igmar Palsenberg <> | Subject | Re: write permissions and root. |
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> [root@pepsi /tmp]# su adam > [adam@pepsi /tmp]$ touch blah > [adam@pepsi /tmp]$ chmod -w blah > [adam@pepsi /tmp]$ echo hi > blah > bash2: blah: Permission denied > [adam@pepsi /tmp]$ exit > exit > [root@pepsi /tmp]# echo hi > blah > [root@pepsi /tmp]# ls -l blah > -r--r--r-- 1 adam adam 3 Sep 8 21:11 blah > > if this matters it is 2.4.0-test7
Because root is allowed to override file permissions.
Igmar
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