Sometime Today, abhilash kumar assembled some asciibets to say: > Well the directory has 777 permissions, and I mean any > user "xyz" not only "root". > > But the point is that as the file is readonly how is > vi allowing to do forced write, and change the > ownership of file? Even if it allows this then
I already explained it. vi isn't writing to the file, it's deleting and creating a new file. Your directory permissions allow it. To delete/create files, you need write permissions on the *directory*, not on the file. Philip -- "If you don't want your dog to have bad breath, do what I do: Pour a little Lavoris in the toilet." -- Comedian Jay Leno -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
