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Date:      Tue, 26 Nov 2002 14:09:26 -0500 (EST)
From:      Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
To:        peter@skyrunner.net (Peter Brezny)
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: allow write to directory but not modify the dir itself possible?
Message-ID:  <200211261909.gAQJ9QS18175@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
In-Reply-To: <NEBBIGLHNDFEJMMIEGOOOECIFEAA.peter@skyrunner.net> from "Peter Brezny" at Nov 26, 2002 01:51:48 PM

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> 
> Hi Everyone,
> 
> Is it possible to allow a user write permissions inside a particular
> directory, but not allow them to modify the directory itself?

Yes.

> 
> Thanks,
> Peter Brezny
> Skyrunner.net

Just take away write permissions on the directory, but leave it 
on the file[s] in the directory.   You have to leave x permission 
on the directory, but not necessarily r permission.

////jerry

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