On Fri, 26 Oct 2001 11:19:25 -0700
"Julia A. Case" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've not tried this on non-Mandrake boxes, but I think it may be a
> problem with linux in general not just Mandrake.
>
> As root
>
> touch /home/user/test1;chmod 600 /home/user/test1
> touch /home/user/test2;chmod 600 /home/user/test2
>
> As user
>
> mv test1 test3
> mv test2 test3
>
> Both succeed with no trouble (the 2nd one will ask if you want to
> override the mode 600). mv basically does a cp and a rm doesn't it (I
> didn't look at the source, just guessing) and you shouldn't be able to
> rm a file you don't have permission to write on.
>
> You can mv the files anywhere in your home dir you have write
> permissions, but you can't seem to move to say /tmp It would seem
> that
> if an admin put a specific file in your home dir that they didn't want
> you to modify, you could either move it or even replace it with this
> setup. I'll admit this would be a little odd, but still a bug.
>
> Since I'm not sure who to report this too, someone please let me know.
>
> Julia
I've confirmed this is the case on both redhat and mandrake (anyone want
to try on Solaris to make sure this isn't just a unix thing?)
--
Michael Osten
Reefedge Inc.
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