Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!rutgers!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!HI-MULTICS.ARPA!Giebelhaus From: Giebelhaus@HI-MULTICS.ARPA Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo Subject: SR9.5 bug: UNIX protection modes leave "d" rights outstanding Message-ID: <870813200050.897465@HI-MULTICS.ARPA> Date: Thu, 13-Aug-87 16:00:00 EDT Article-I.D.: HI-MULTI.870813200050.897465 Posted: Thu Aug 13 16:00:00 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 15-Aug-87 10:26:05 EDT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Distribution: world Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 8 Yes, the d rights are supposed to be there. In unix one always have delete rights to files. Whether you can delete a file is controlled at the directory level. That is, you need both delete rights on the file and expunge rights on the directory containing the file in order to delete the file. If you like at it with the unix commands, you need not even know any of this.