On Mon, 25 Oct 2004, Michael Lake wrote: > Hi all > > 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.
What permissions do you have to the directory the file "report" is in? If you have write permissions to that directory, you can remove the file. DaZZa -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
