<quote who="Michael Lake"> > Im a bit confused. Prob something simple. > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1968 Oct 27 15:25 report > > As mikel I can remove the file report. > > rm: remove write-protected regular file `report'? y > done ! > > as its -rw-r--r-- I should not be able to write to it or remove it. > Im missing some basic understanding.
When you remove a file, it's the directory that's being modified to no longer have the file in it.... hence it's the directory permissions that matter. J. -- Jan Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place. - H.L. Mencken -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
