Robert Elz <k...@munnari.oz.au> wrote: > I agree this is mostly harmless (though annoying) - but leads me to > ponder whether or not we should have a directory permission setting > which would allow anyone to remove their own files from a directory, > but not create any (assuming they don't also have write permission, > which has to be the case or they can remove any files, unless > one of the setuid bits is set, like in /tmp).
I'm not sure that's a frequent enough use case to warrant inventing a new permissions bit for. Introducing this would also add a certain amount of complexity and opportunity for user error, so I'd probably wait until a more tangible need arises. -Jan
