[100078] in RedHat Linux List
Re [Summary] removing files owned by others
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (brichardson@lineone.net)
Wed Nov 18 11:42:04 1998
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 16:40:30 GMT
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FROM: brichardson@lineone.net
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To be precise, a user can delete from _any_ directory
for which they have write access, *whether they own it
or not*. Think about it: a directory is really a
special kind of file. Adding/removing files in a
directory entails re-writing the directory-file.
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