Re: [OT] Re: debian and ubuntu - answer from user not pretending to be guru
On Tue, May 05, 2009 at 11:09:22PM -0500, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: In 20090506023930.gb12...@samad.com.au, Alex Samad wrote: how can you create files in $HOME that the owner of $HOME can't delete ? b...@monster:~$ sudo mkdir data [sudo] password for bss: b...@monster:~$ sudo touch data/file b...@monster:~$ rm -rf data rm: cannot remove `data/file': Permission denied b...@monster:~$ ls -ld data drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 72 2009-05-05 23:07 data b...@monster:~$ rmdir data rmdir: failed to remove `data': Directory not empty yes, had a brain fart, forgot you have to do a depth first deletion -- Let me just first tell you that I�ve never been more convinced that the decisions I made are the right decisions. - George W. Bush 09/12/2006 Washington, DC said to journalists in the Oval Office (as reported by the National Review) signature.asc Description: Digital signature
[OT] Re: debian and ubuntu - answer from user not pretending to be guru
On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 03:36:50PM +0100, Harry Rickards wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Daniel Burrows wrote: On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 08:51:28AM +0300, Andrei Popescu andreimpope...@gmail.com was heard to say: On Sun,03.May.09, 10:18:49, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: [snip] But if they can run aptitude in the first place, surely they could either su to root or use sudo to read or delete the files. Just my opinion. how can you create files in $HOME that the owner of $HOME can't delete ? [snip] signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: [OT] Re: debian and ubuntu - answer from user not pretending to be guru
In 20090506023930.gb12...@samad.com.au, Alex Samad wrote: how can you create files in $HOME that the owner of $HOME can't delete ? b...@monster:~$ sudo mkdir data [sudo] password for bss: b...@monster:~$ sudo touch data/file b...@monster:~$ rm -rf data rm: cannot remove `data/file': Permission denied b...@monster:~$ ls -ld data drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 72 2009-05-05 23:07 data b...@monster:~$ rmdir data rmdir: failed to remove `data': Directory not empty -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/\_/ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
