Re: Append only directory ? Is this possible with unix permissions ?

2007-04-11 Thread perryh
Gore Jarold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a user whose home directory I would like to > make "append only". > ... As someone else suggested, ACLs are likely the strongest way of handling this. On the other hand, if all that is needed is a way to make it a little tougher for said user to sh

Re: Append only directory ? Is this possible with unix permissions ?

2007-04-10 Thread Parv
in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, wrote Gore Jarold thusly... > > I have a user whose home directory I would like to make "append > only". See chflags(1), getfacl(1), and setfacl(1). > That is to say, they cannot delete files, or delete information > from files, but they _can_ create new files or

Re: Append only directory ? Is this possible with unix permissions ?

2007-04-10 Thread Pietro Cerutti
On 4/10/07, Gore Jarold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello, Hi, I have a user whose home directory I would like to make "append only". man chmod(2), look for "sticky"... -- Pietro Cerutti - ASCII Ribbon Campaign - against HTML e-mail and proprietary attachments www.asciiribbon.org _

Append only directory ? Is this possible with unix permissions ?

2007-04-10 Thread Gore Jarold
Hello, I have a user whose home directory I would like to make "append only". That is to say, they cannot delete files, or delete information from files, but they _can_ create new files or append information to existing files. Or, if that is not possible, at the very least I wouldlike the abilit