Eric Blake wrote:
In particular, the EACCES errors on unlink() mention that without the
sticky bit, all you need is write access to the directory (and your
directory is world writable); with the sticky bit set, you must also own
the directory and file.
^^^
To stave off confusion... I think you meant "or"? Surely POSIX doesn't
state that I cannot delete my own file in a root-owned directory with
go+w,+t set ;-). (The preceding sentence presumes that "I" am not root,
of course.)
--
Matthew
> pinotree uses the large trout on tsdgeos and PutHuhn :)
> PutHuhn runs
> tsdgeos lights a fire and eats the trout
(with apologies to Pino Toscano, PutHuhn and Albert Astals Cid, who came
up with this entirely on their own)
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