I am new to RED-HAT Linux
but I was amazed at this behavior and can't find anything on
it.
I created some dummy files
as/owned by root on my WS with only "r" permission bit set for group and world.
Then I logged into the same box as a dumb test user with no privileges and used
"rm" to
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I am new to RED-HAT Linux but I was amazed at this behavior and can't find
anything on it.
I created some dummy files as/owned by root on my WS with only r
permission bit set
I am new to RED-HAT Linux but I was amazed at this behavior and can't
find anything on it.
I created some dummy files as/owned by root on my WS with only r
permission bit set for group and world. Then I logged into the same box
as a dumb test user with no privileges and used rm to remove the
On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Rend, Jon (Jon) % wrote:
I am new to RED-HAT Linux but I was amazed at this behavior and can't find
anything on it.
no, you are not simply new to red hat linux, you are clearly new to unix
in general, to which i will return shortly.
I created some dummy files as/owned by
On Thu, 2002-12-05 at 07:49, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
since others have already explained how this works, let me point out a
larger problem. if you don't understand how simple directory permissions
work, you are *definitely* not ready for root privilege. you need to take
a course or spend
On 12/05/02 08:24 -0800, Rick Johnson wrote:
Would be nice if Red Hat and others would include by default for root a
motd that displayed as root reading:
IIRC, Red Hat 7.3 Gnome login did just that. I'm away from my Red Hat
8.0 machine as I write this, but I think this feature went away in
+++ Robert P. J. Day [RedHat] [Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 10:49:29AM -0500]:
I am new to RED-HAT Linux but I was amazed at this behavior and can't find
anything on it.
snip
if you're going to be the admin on a linux box, it's time to take
responsibility for learning at least how basic
On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Andrew MacKenzie wrote:
+++ Robert P. J. Day [RedHat] [Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 10:49:29AM -0500]:
I am new to RED-HAT Linux but I was amazed at this behavior and can't find
anything on it.
snip
if you're going to be the admin on a linux box, it's time to take
you know, before everyone starts psychoanalyzing my interpersonal
skills, a small observation on what really griped my wagger about the
original post:
On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Rend, Jon (Jon) % wrote:
I am new to RED-HAT Linux but I was amazed at this behavior and can't find
anything on it.
this
There's nothing to fix. Log back in as that test user, try to rm the
file, and tell it yes when it asks about removing the write protected
file. You'll see that you get an error that you couldn't do it.
On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Rend, Jon (Jon) % wrote:
I am new to RED-HAT Linux but I was amazed
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Subject: The rm command and non root users
I am new to RED-HAT Linux but I was amazed at this behavior and can't find
anything on it.
I created some dummy files as/owned by root on my WS with only r
permission bit set for group and world. Then I logged
Ok...another experiment proved me wrong, again.
Geez...I really ought to learn to test my theories before I spout off.
Sorry.
On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Thornton Prime wrote:
I am new to RED-HAT Linux but I was amazed at this behavior and can't
find anything on it.
I created some dummy files
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you know, before everyone starts psychoanalyzing my interpersonal
skills, a small observation on what really griped my wagger about the
original post:
On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Rend, Jon (Jon) % wrote:
I am new to RED-HAT Linux but I
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you know, before everyone starts psychoanalyzing my interpersonal
skills, a small observation on what really griped my wagger about the
original post:
On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Rend, Jon (Jon) % wrote:
I am new to RED-HAT Linux but I
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On Thu, 5 Dec 2002 13:45:35 -0500 (EST), Mike Burger wrote:
That hasn't been my experience. If root creates a file in my home
directory, I can't delete it unless I'm root, or I'm part of the group
that owns it and the file is set for group write
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On Thu, 5 Dec 2002 13:34:09 -0500 (EST), Robert P. J. Day wrote:
the fact that the original poster could create a file as root, and
remove it as a dumb test user means he must have either modified an
existing directory and removed its sticky bit,
On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Michael Schwendt wrote:
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the fact that the original poster could create a file as root, and
remove it as a dumb test user means he must have either modified
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On Thu, 5 Dec 2002 14:06:21 -0500, Rend, Jon (Jon) % wrote:
Actually, I need to defend myself hehehe.
I did not go CHMODING for the sake of it. I in fact have a RAIDZONE
box which is a fileserver that back ends REDHAT 7.2 with lets all do
the
I blame Redhat too...for sleeping with my wife1
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Sorry but I just can't help replying to this one, but how can you say
On Thu, 2002-12-05 at 12:45, Mike Burger wrote:
That hasn't been my experience. If root creates a file in my home
directory, I can't delete it unless I'm root, or I'm part of the group
that owns it and the file is set for group write permissions.
always been that way for me. I never
On Thu, 2002-12-05 at 12:47, Mike Burger wrote:
Ok...another experiment proved me wrong, again.
Geez...I really ought to learn to test my theories before I spout off.
Sorry.
I guess you can disregard my test I just sent.
BTW Mike is there a particular reason that you always reply at
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