Re: RM disregards file level permissions and uses directory permissions instead.

[Matthew Woehlke]

Eric Blake wrote:
> In particular, the EACCES errors on unlink() mention that without the
> sticky bit, all you need is write access to the directory (and your
> directory is world writable); with the sticky bit set, you must also own
> the directory and file.
                ^^^
To stave off confusion... I think you meant "or"? Surely POSIX doesn't 
state that I cannot delete my own file in a root-owned directory with 
go+w,+t set ;-). (The preceding sentence presumes that "I" am not root, 
of course.)

--
Matthew
> pinotree uses the large trout on tsdgeos and PutHuhn :)
> PutHuhn runs
> tsdgeos lights a fire and eats the trout
(with apologies to Pino Toscano, PutHuhn and Albert Astals Cid, who came 
up with this entirely on their own)