On Sat, 29 Oct 2005, Sick Twist wrote:
> >From: "Ian C. Blenke" <ian@blenke.com>
> >Reply-To: slug@nks.net
> >To: slug@nks.net
> >Subject: Re: [SLUG] confused about file permissions
> >Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 19:55:07 -0400
> >
> ><snipation>
> >Confused yet? ;)
> >
> >- Ian C. Blenke <ian@blenke.com> http://ian.blenke.com/
>
> Just to clarify: In order to delete empty directory "foo", I only need write
> access to foo's parent directory--correct?
No, you need execute permission as well:
[eben@pc tmp]$ ls -l 1
total 4.0K
4.0K d--------- 2 root root 4.0K Oct 29 20:37 foo/
[eben@pc tmp]$ chmod 200 1
[eben@pc tmp]$ ls -ld 1
4.0K d-w------- 3 eben eben 4.0K Oct 29 20:37 1/
[eben@pc tmp]$ rmdir 1/foo
rmdir: `1/foo': Permission denied
[eben@pc tmp]$ chmod 100 1
[eben@pc tmp]$ ls -ld 1
4.0K d--x------ 3 eben eben 4.0K Oct 29 20:45 1/
[eben@pc tmp]$ rmdir 1/foo
rmdir: `1/foo': Permission denied
[eben@pc tmp]$ chmod 300 1
[eben@pc tmp]$ ls -ld 1
4.0K d-wx------ 3 eben eben 4.0K Oct 29 20:37 1/
[eben@pc tmp]$ rmdir 1/foo
[eben@pc tmp]$
Haven't got a handle on _why_ yet...
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He who will not reason is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool;
and he who dares not is a slave. -Sir William Drummond
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