Casper.Dik at sun.com wrote:
> >If the directory is created with the POSIX file owner == the owner
> >of the directory and if the mode ia 1777, it is possible for the owner
> >to remove files creted by other users by doing:
> >
> >chmod u-t $TMPDIR
> >rm $TMPDIR/some-file
> >chmod u+t $TMPDIR
>
> Even without the chmod as the removal of a file in a sticky directory
> is allowed by both the owner of the file and the owner of the directory.
Maybe I forgot about this because /tmp/ is owned by root ;-)
J?rg
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