On Sat, 08 Mar 2003 04:15, Todd Slater wrote: > On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 02:38:20PM +0000, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Thursday 06 Mar 2003 2:26 am, cervixcouch wrote: > > > On Friday 07 March 2003 09:09 am, Raffaele Belardi wrote: > > > > You are right, from directories other than the /home/belardi it > > > > cannot be deleted (I tried '/' '/etc' '/home'). But still, I think > > > > that some time ago I tried to delete a root file from my home, and > > > > had to su to manage. > > > > > > > > On everybody else's system its' the same? > > > > > > i just tried it on my system and the same thing happens. Hadn't > > > noticed before that I could delete a root-owned file if it was in my > > > home directory. > > > > > > very curious... > > > > Why would you want something in your home directory that you couldn't > > delete? I'm not being obtuse - is there any reason you can think of that > > would make root place a file in your home directory but not want you to > > be able to delete it? > > > > Anne > > Just as an extra measure of security--something to protect me from > myself :) > > Sometimes I do iso images in my ~/ as root. I'd prefer to switch to root > to delete these. > > Todd
Then disabling your write permission is your alternative. That way you need not invoke nasty old tricksy root, my precious. (Sorry, Tolkien overload) $ chmod -w my_file_name This ensures no-one can write or erase the file. Usually i would use octal but in this instance this syntax is shorter. -- Michael
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