In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > Removing a directory requires write permission on the directory > itself, because you have to delete the "." and ".." links inside the > directory.
no: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# mkdir /home/test [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# chmod 0 /home/test [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# ls -ld /home /home/test drwxrwxr-x 12 root adm 123 Jan 2 22:12 /home/ d--------- 2 root root 6 Jan 2 22:14 /home/test/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# exit [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> id uid=1001(ecki) gid=1001(ecki) groups=0(root),4(adm),20(dialout),24(cdrom),29(audio),38(list),1001(ecki) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> rmdir /home/test Greetings Bernd -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]