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From: debra@alice.UUCP (Paul De Bra)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Nasty Security Hole?
Keywords: mail permissions security
Message-ID: <8434@alice.UUCP>
Date: 16 Nov 88 20:13:00 GMT
References: <175@ernie.NECAM.COM> <189@wyn386.UUCP>
Reply-To: debra@alice.UUCP ()
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Organization: AT&T, Bell Labs
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In article <189@wyn386.UUCP> mikef@wyn386.UUCP (Mike Faber) writes:
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>I have wondered something about permissions security for a while, now, too.
>
>Why can a person with read permission only be able to remove the file?...

The only  think you need to delete a file is write permission in the directory
containing the file. Permissions on the file have no effect whatsoever (except
maybe giving a warning from rm).

Paul.
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