----- "MHR" <mhullrich at gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 12:15 PM, nate <centos at linuxpowered.net> > wrote: > > Tim Nelson wrote: > > > >> I've been around and around on this topic and I'm just hoping > someone can > >> give me a little sanity by confirming 'yay or nay' whether this is > possible > >> or not. > > > > It may be possible to prevent them from deleting a file, but if > they > > have write access it wouldn't be possible from effectively deleting > > the file by wiping it's contents(truncating it). > > > However, file creation and deletion are functions of the directory > permissions where the file resides. If a directory allows a user to > write to it, they can create and delete files in that directory with > reckless abandon. > > There are probably some intricate ways around this particular > problem, > but they can get pretty complicated really fast. > > HTH. > > mhr I've been trying to devise a way around this problem and as you mentioned, it gets extremely complicated quickly. It's even more complicated than allowing users to delete files and restoring the file from a backup set. Well, at least I don't feel I'm going insane anymore (for now...). Thank you to all who responded. --Tim