There's nothing to fix. Log back in as that test user, try to rm the file, and tell it yes when it asks about removing the write protected file. You'll see that you get an error that you couldn't do it.
On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Rend, Jon (Jon) % wrote: > I am new to RED-HAT Linux but I was amazed at this behavior and can't find > anything on it. > > I created some dummy files as/owned by root on my WS with only "r" > permission bit set for group and world. Then I logged into the same box as a > dumb test user with no privileges and used "rm" to remove the file and god > damn it I was given the option to remove the "write protected file" > > How do you turn this off, do I have to use the non GNU "rm". Anyone help ??? > > > Jon :-) > > agere systems > Office 651-675-3064* 1230 Northland DriveF > Cell Phone 651-253-3703 Mendota, MN 55120 > mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * > > > -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit the Dog Pound II BBS telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org:2000 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list