> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of joseph blase > Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 5:45 PM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Chmod Explaination > > > > On 8/3/07, Ross S. W. Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of joseph blase > > Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 5:33 PM > > To: CentOS mailing list > > Subject: [CentOS] Chmod Explaination > > > > Howdy list, > > > > I can't seem to find any doc's explaining what's really > > going on behind this scenario: > > > > A user home directory had been reset to : > > > > d--- --- --- user group user_dir > > > > > > As root i tried to : > > > > chmod -R 750 user_dir > > > > got permission denied, my friend tried with as user that owns > > the directory to: > > > > chmod -R 750 user_dir and voila it works. > > > > My question is how come did it work, since the user_dir > > doesn't have a owner permission attached and why user root > > has been denied with changing the mode? > > Owners always have rights to change permission on a file/folder. > > Even those that were reset? I thinking that it's good as no > permission cause it has only d--- --- --- user_dir. >
Yes, implicitly have them, it's a fail-safe feature. > > As far as root not being able to, do you have selinux running? > > > No, I don't have. Then I dunno why root didn't, as with selinux disabled root also has implicit rights to all files/folders, but with selinux enabled security context can be setup on a directory hierarchy to only give implict rights to owners. -Ross ______________________________________________________________________ This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender and permanently delete the original and any copy or printout thereof. _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
