And Thus Spake terry white <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (on Sat, 31 May 2003 15:47:17 -0700 (PDT)):
> ... "removing parts of this file or append text" is in opposition to 'not > being able to delete a file'. because, they all require 'write' > permission. Actually, one can exist without the other. If user A has write permissions on the DIRECTORY containing file B, but not on the file itself, then the user can DELETE the file but not modify it. OTOH, if user A does NOT have write permission to the directory, then they CANNOT delete (nor create) files in the directory. All you have to do is make sure there is a null-length file already in the directory, and the user will be able to read/write it (provided it has the right permissions) but NOT delete it. -- G. Stewart -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user #284683 --------------------------------------------------------------- Some days you are the bug; some days you are the windshield.
