Re: Permissions in / are 777

[knarf@nasim.cube.net (Frank Bartels)]

itschere@TechFak.Uni-Bielefeld.DE wrote:

> Frank Bartels wrote:
> 
> > It is possible to create or remove links from u:/ as normal user.
    ^^^^^!
> > A "ls -la" in / doesn't show me entries for . and .., but in /f I can
> > see .. has the permissions 777.
> 
>  AFAIK only root is allowed to create links on drive U and only the owner
> of a file is allowed to remove it, therefore also only root. At least that
> was the case some versions ago, and I haven't heard of any changes here.
> 
>  The 777 on `..' in any subdirectory is probably only faked.

Did you (or anyone else) try it?

BTW: Should the sticky-bit and the sgid-bit for directories work now?
Both don't work here, and I think anyone fixed it a while ago?!

Bye,
Knarf
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