On Thursday 19 February 2009 04:29:03 pm MHR 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. I've always 'enjoyed' the solutions the samba team found for interoperability. Here's a good reference that provides the juicy details: http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/AccessControls.html Makes me shudder just to read it again . . . A == > > HTH. > > mhr > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Avantel Systems, and is believed to be clean.