[Linux-disciples] Re: Deleting files you don't own

Adam Rosi-Kessel adam at rosi-kessel.org
Wed Nov 17 21:58:43 EST 2004


On Wed, Nov 17, 2004 at 09:45:00PM -0500, Stephen R Laniel wrote:
> Related to the why-can-users-delete-files-they-don't-own
> question, here's one I've had for a while but have -- I
> believe -- never posed to this group of people: why are the
> Unix permissions so limited? E.g., why can't one set
> permissions to allow or deny

Isn't that ACL?  <http://acl.bestbits.at/about.html>  ACL is supported in
recent kernels.  
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Adam Rosi-Kessel
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