Re: tlug: Simple rm question

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Wed, 30 Sep 1998, Neil Booth wrote:

> > It's because you own and have write permission in the directory containing
> > the file.  It's like playing Go - root has a group with only one eye, and
> > you've got it surrounded :)
> 
> That doesn't appear to be the case. I've logged in as two different
> "plebian" users, gone to /boot (owned by root, of course, and whose
> contents are wholly owned by root) and tried to delete something. I
> still get the "are you sure?" message in both cases.

If you say 'yes', though, does it say, "Operation Not Permitted" ?

> 
> Neil.
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