Re: is this a bug?

[Andreas Schwab]

"Joseph Piche" <address@hidden> writes:

> cd
> mkdir -p test/test
> touch test/test/file
> cd test
> chmod -R a-w test
> cd
> rm -r test
>
> "rm: cannot remove `test/test/file': Permission denied"
>
> Is this a bug or is this expected behavior? If it is expected
> behavior, is it desired behavior?

You need write access to the containing directory when you want to
remove a file.  That's how permissions work in Unix since day one.

Andreas.

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