[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thanks for your fast answer :) > I tried it as user and it works, seems to be a root issue
"root", as in the superuser? The user that has write permission for all files on the system? > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ echo foo>file && chmod 444 file && test ! -w file && > echo "no write permission" > no write permission > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp# echo foo>file && chmod 444 file && test ! -w file && > echo "no write permission" > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp# Correct. The root user has "superuser" permissions and can write to all files on the system. (Let's not talk about NFS's root squash nor security enhanced linux nor any of the others. :-) Try it. You will find that as root you can actually write to those files. Bob _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
