Re: rm not honoring directory access permissions

2006-06-03 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
Nellis, Kenneth wrote: I recently noticed that rm will delete a file without proper regard to the access permissions of the containing directory. Researching the archives, I see that this subject was touched on ("POSIX compliance of unlink(2)") in February 2005, but the discussion seemed to veer

rm not honoring directory access permissions

2006-06-02 Thread Nellis, Kenneth
I recently noticed that rm will delete a file without proper regard to the access permissions of the containing directory. Researching the archives, I see that this subject was touched on ("POSIX compliance of unlink(2)") in February 2005, but the discussion seemed to veer off to a side issue (IMHO