Re: removing a file

[benni@phil15.uni-sb.de (Benjamin Lorenz)]

> In MiNT 1.10, you can only remove a file in a directory iff:
> 
> (1) you have write permission to the directory,
> (2) you own the file.
      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
That's right if the sticky-bit is set. Otherwise, I should be allowed 
to remove ANY file in the directory!

The problem is: I need write permission for the file. Somebody included
the check of the file modes in Mint 1.10.
But that is totally bullshit! I need write permission for the 
*directory*, and NOT for the *file* itself to be allowed to remove it. 

Try this in Mint 1.10:
% touch hello
% chmod 400 hello
% rm -f hello
rm: hello: access denied

:-\

I removed these checks from the Fdelete() call and everything works
better again! (including elm that creates it's lockfiles readonly).

Benni

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