What are the permissions on the /home/user? I'm reasonable certain that all unixes behave as below. At least SunOS, Solaris, Linux, IRIX, and AIX all do.
Michael Osten wrote: > On Fri, 26 Oct 2001 11:19:25 -0700 > "Julia A. Case" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I've not tried this on non-Mandrake boxes, but I think it may be a > > problem with linux in general not just Mandrake. > > > > As root > > > > touch /home/user/test1;chmod 600 /home/user/test1 > > touch /home/user/test2;chmod 600 /home/user/test2 > > > > As user > > > > mv test1 test3 > > mv test2 test3 > > > > Both succeed with no trouble (the 2nd one will ask if you want to > > override the mode 600). mv basically does a cp and a rm doesn't it (I > > didn't look at the source, just guessing) and you shouldn't be able to > > rm a file you don't have permission to write on. > > > > You can mv the files anywhere in your home dir you have write > > permissions, but you can't seem to move to say /tmp It would seem > > that > > if an admin put a specific file in your home dir that they didn't want > > you to modify, you could either move it or even replace it with this > > setup. I'll admit this would be a little odd, but still a bug. > > > > Since I'm not sure who to report this too, someone please let me know. > > > > Julia > > I've confirmed this is the case on both redhat and mandrake (anyone want > to try on Solaris to make sure this isn't just a unix thing?) > > -- > Michael Osten > Reefedge Inc. > > -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > > mQGhBDuxPdYRBADzFXgIcmDpZXOxYeplGQQdv1HONlLFxis5YiR2R7dQ6KAmZG/X > 5xcXPcbrstXPuUJz4DPVaWTF59e1oXFuBFX/BSeyat45diu/cUZVLHjsEDqdodiG > BPfsTNtaW3ZP245ZZVr3m4jedssXuboKNOlLX166N0aWqXGo3ncGXnR7dwCg6978 > ZnAbBmOZg8zD+3Z9alWwa0MD/A2IlkVNg0K19jJuRvGOd3neXjESqQ/84d6NvGEG > yKaTUMzESZEuF4hPynpSFkUPLSE+1tZ4hqkIzP2IYrD74ObZnkKVtcjNNB4GAdk/ > kYsuEo6TNQC7xuTky3Slc/sXQL5YFFYeIO3Wdt0+L/E1vU3YVfPDhcnMe6lalGQH > 5YwfA/dfU8o2x7JsS0eF3YiQhXQ2kHYfCTkmyD5QZZosHdmUmPGaMyTXvancHbNl > cLDe9ZQubYSQQTBTmDBF8MfRmxInGTGn6jnVOc8dYVfkG7mVeQqI0hwYpAVj4TLp > IMLddL0N1HBDI1R5h9xtXMGsj8rh85ZHAdhjWmXfRky4XQuqtCNNaWNoYWVsIE9z > dGVuIDxtb3N0ZW5AcmVlZmVkZ2UuY29tPohXBBMRAgAXBQI7sT3WBQsHCgMEAxUD > AgMWAgECF4AACgkQK9WwSrQMCYkpEgCg6g1gvlGn0E2FcQrPpP0+IP5FGzMAoNKB > n2q/sJf35ugdDSef/uD+vYNVuQENBDuxPdgQBADG+SfLco3vL583je7Bz+n82X6w > cgeS6tm4EqGb6NXcEa+FvniBefBueRssBzaEqhluUV9rzn5W+N7nf7VGoLI2oGhg > ZFhVdNqR8SNofZue8lEqWMkIMdFlXRqojlzbejOXa54WVXEfSZybsuitKsfoDREO > QDKa7MTPtnwEedaJIwADBgQAgcZ5nFJoZhGHfnqsz4LHjldFnr5PaeEiWYrYjBcz > drLLaLf2EI5oAnMwDIN3apXb2MRMp1gD93kWcbY6DsVQMgGIXvNYjHR8mwuH/6l5 > VNGVQOdiouXf1LqXjFlO+Ld0PqvDyILZPktDz8vd+rnhzv3u8GZduMytuJvPN9hQ > L+WIRgQYEQIABgUCO7E92AAKCRAr1bBKtAwJiWnbAJ4wHX/ejEwC3VLJjFZyg+SN > ORdi/QCfbY1VFUL0hTZtCdpXQ/W7rMxRq/s= > =mqPG > -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Part 1.2Type: application/pgp-signature -- Arnold Troeger Unocal Thailand Phone: 011-66-2-545-5456 5th Floor, Tower 3, SCB Park Plaza FAX: 011-66-2-545-5374 19 Ratchadapisek Road, Chatuchak Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bangkok 10900, Thailand ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Microsoft Windows: for when your machine is just too fast" "Microsoft: Writing viruses has never been easier!" "Microsoft: The company that made email dangerous"
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