On 2007. November 3. 15:13.29 Marc Espie wrote: > On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 01:14:20PM +0100, Daniel wrote: > > ^^^ I can not create the file in /tmp, although I got world write > > permissions to it. It seems if I'm in the wheel group and the wheel > > group owns the directory, then only the group permissions counts? > > Yes, that's the way Unix permissions work, and as far as I know, > that's always been the case. > > Unix doesn't play `nice' tricks. The way permissions work is quite > simple: > > - is your uid the same as the directory/file owner ? > -> then only the user permission bits apply. > > - do you have a gid/supplementary group the same as the > directory/file group -> then only the group permission bits apply. > > - otherwise, you get the other permission bits. > > Contrary to other systems, you don't *add* permission bits > corresponding to various things that may apply to you. You stop at > the most distinctive level that applies to you.
Thanks a lot! Daniel
