hi,
looks like i misspoke myself && misunderstood the problem;'()
anyways since write access is controlled by the directory file
control the scenario from the dir not the files themselves...:))
Regards,
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At 12:56 PM 1/18/99 -0600, Randolph J. Herber wrote:
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>|Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 13:08:51 -0700
>|To: Reagan Blundell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>|From: dreamwvr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>|Subject: Re: Restricting RSA Authentication.
>
>|test this set the sticky bit of the dir as root.. that way they
>|can not delete or rename files unless they are root...
>
>It does not _require_ the directory to be sticky. The purpose of
>the directory sticky attribute is to create a directory in which
>a user can create (and therefore own) new files but is unable to
>delete or rename files owned by another user. If the purose is
>to prevent the user from making _any_ changes, then do not give
>the user any write permissions on the directory and then the
>sticky attribute is not relevant.
>
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