Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 16:57:49 -0500 From: Danie Du Toit <danie.dutoit@gmail.com> To: Gary Stanny <stanny@tdfltd.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can't delete file even after "chmod 777" & "rm -f" Message-ID: <8af825890503121357421624c3@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <6.1.2.0.2.20050312163705.03c40278@10.10.10.1> References: <6.1.2.0.2.20050312163705.03c40278@10.10.10.1>
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The attributes for the /home/robot and /home/mlbot by default set to 755. To have a users in the same group delete files from these directories, you need to set the directory attributes to 775. On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 16:47:03 -0500, Gary Stanny <stanny@tdfltd.com> wrote: > > Howdy - > > I'm having a weird problem. My users can't delete each other's files. > Even if I "chmod 777" the target file and use a "rm -f" cmd. Of course root > can delete the files. Both users are in wheel. > > stanny >ls -l bf_com_exit_rpt.txt > -rwxrwxrwx 1 robot wheel 5241 Mar 11 16:30 bf_com_exit_rpt.txt > > stanny >rm bf_com_exit_rpt.txt > rm: bf_com_exit_rpt.txt: Operation not permitted > > stanny >rm -f bf_com_exit_rpt.txt > rm: bf_com_exit_rpt.txt: Operation not permitted > > cat /etc/passwd -> > stanny:*:1000:0:Gary Stanny:/home/stanny:/usr/local/bin/zsh > robot:*:9999:0:Mr. Robot:/home/robot:/usr/local/bin/zsh > mlbot:*:9998:0:Mail Bot:/home/mlbot:/usr/local/bin/zsh > > stanny >cat /etc/group > # $FreeBSD: src/etc/group,v 1.19.2.1 2001/11/24 17:22:24 gshapiro Exp $ > # > wheel:*:0:root,stanny,robot,mlbot > > Please also CC me direct as I get the list via digest. > > Thanks a bunch. > > cheers > > gary > > Gary Stanny Tierra del Fuego Ltd. www.TDFltd.com > stanny@TDFltd.com Financial Software 734-449-8306 (voice/fax) > 7725 Shady Beach Dr Whitmore Lake, MI, 48189 USA > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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