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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!pumpkin.pangea.ca!eru.mt.luth.se!news-stkh.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!sn.no!uninett.no!Norway.EU.net!EU.net!feeder.chicago.cic.net!news.mathworks.com!news-xfer.cybernet.dk!news.onramp.net!news.nkn.net!news.panther.net!nemesis!hammy!news-in.iadfw.net!news.gymnet.com!LSNT1!lsbsdi6.lightspeed.net!news-ana-7.sprintlink.net!news-ana-24.sprintlink.net!news-west.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!Sprin t!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com.nojunkemailplease.com!not-for-email From: nobody@not.for.email (Timothy J. Lee) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: read and write but no delete how? Followup-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 04:15:51 GMT Organization: INTERNET AMERICA Lines: 18 Sender: timlee@netcom20.netcom.com Message-ID: <B37BE7E0D54538DB.59C7C2DDA3D5C398.377146CDB79F17EF@library-proxy.airnews.net> X-Orig-Message-ID: <timleeEAz7uF.JrM@netcom.com> References: <01bc6c9e$02415580$2a0a30ce@beto.tamnet.com.mx> Reply-To: see-signature-for-email-address---ads-not-welcome NNTP-Proxy-Relay: library.airnews.net NNTP-Posting-Host: biceps.gymnet.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:42205 "Alberto de Poo" <adepoo@tamnet.com.mx> writes: |Is there |a way to make a directory writeable but can not overwrite or delete a file |already there? It looks like the sticky bit on the directory may be what you are looking for. See the man pages for chmod(1), chmod(2), and sticky(8). Of course, when the users create files in a sticky directory, they must set the permissions appropriately if they want to avoid having the files be overwritten by others. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Timothy J. Lee timlee@ Unsolicited bulk or commercial email is not welcome. netcom.com No warranty of any kind is provided with this message.