>>>>> "Neilen" == Neilen Marais <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Neilen> The permissions on /var/lock are: Neilen> drwxr-xr-t 3 root root 1024 Dec 21 17:18 /var/lock/ Neilen> so, users should not be allowed to write. I assume its this Neilen> way for a reason. On my system, I have this: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home$ ls -ld /var/lock drwxrwxrwt 5 root root 120 Dec 25 18:20 /var/lock This allows everyone to create lockfiles, but a user may only delete files owned by themselves. AFAIK, this is the default setting. I don't know why your system is different. -- G. ``Iggy'' Geens - ICQ: #64109250 Home: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Work: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> WWW: http://users.pandora.be/guy.geens/ `I want quality, not quantity. But I want lots of it!'
