Re: Permissions in / are 777

[itschere@TechFak.Uni-Bielefeld.DE]

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.

ciao,
TeSche
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