Re: [CentOS] can non-owner change file group setup?

nate wrote:

Scott Silva wrote:

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But if you only have read access to the original file, can you overwrite it?

If you have write access to the directory yes you should be able to, if you only have read access to the directory I would expect not.

nope.

[pierce@xxxx test]$ grep pierce /etc/group postgres:x:26:pierce pierce:x:503: [pierce@xxxx test]$ touch x [pierce@xxxx test]$ ls -la total 8 drwxrwxr-x 2 pierce pierce 4096 May 13 07:58 . drwxr-xr-x 37 pierce root 4096 May 13 07:57 .. -rw-rw-r-- 1 pierce pierce 0 May 13 07:58 x [pierce@xxxx test]$ chgrp postgres x chgrp: changing group of `x': Operation not permitted