On Tue, 2006-05-16 at 18:57 +0200, Kai Schaetzl wrote: > Andy Green wrote on Tue, 16 May 2006 16:59:18 +0100: > > > This sounds like a Unix feature, not a bug. If the user has write > > rights to the directory, he can delete anything in the directory no > > matter who owns the file. > > Oh, well, now that you say it I remember that remotely from "Unix school". > I'd completely phased that out. > > Is there a way to achieve different behavior without using acl extensions? > My objective is that I want users *not* to be able to delete certain > files/directories in their home directories. It seems I can achieve this > partly by putting files in a directory they don't own. They then cannot > delete the files in the directory and therefore cannot delete the > directory. As soon as the directory is empty they can delete it. > Have you reviewed the chmod command? There is a bit that can be set that says that files can only be deleted by those who own them. Shows up with a "t" in certain positions. Just like with /tmp. > Kai > <snip sig stuff> HTH -- Bill -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20060516/fb35daf3/attachment-0004.sig>