So I've been put in charge of setting up and maintaining our department's new dispatch/switchboard computer. In trying to keep it clean and in order, I was hoping, if possible, to be able to give users read/write access to information in files themselves, but to block them from renaming the files or moving them.
I tried giving r-x access to a folder and rwx access to the file inside. This lets them open the file and prohibits them from moving/renaming it, but prohibits them from saving any changes (because they can't write to the folder).
Is this an impossible feat I'm hoping for? If not, then how could I go about it?
What is the file? Perhaps there is a workaround. For example, for printer settings, we allow users to change printers with Print Center. But once they log out, those settings are blown away, a backup copy of the cups settings replace the old ones, and cups is restarted. There is alot you can do with perl scripts running at login and logout.
Also, have you considered aliases or symlinks?
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Thanks,
James Reynolds University of Utah Student Computing Labs [EMAIL PROTECTED] 801-585-9811
