Re: Can not delete file with correct permissions

[Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de>]

Tomas, 

but when you are correct, why is it working on another computer wwith exactly 
the same permissions set? On that other computer it is working well, and I can 
not see a difference between both.

Cheers

Hans

> > ls -la /var/mail
> > insgesamt 384
> > drwxrwsr-x  2 root     mail   4096  6. Mai 17:02 *.*
> 
>           ^
>           This is it
> 
> > drwxr-xr-x 13 root     root   4096  6. Mai 16:17 *..*
> > -rw-rw----  1 testuser mail 382182  6. Mai 17:02 testuser
> 
> As testuser you don't have write permission to /var/mail. To remove
> a file from that directory (i.e. /var/mail/ullhan63), you would need
> to change (i.e. write to) the directory.
> 
> You can, as testuser write to the file /var/mail/ullhan63, but you
> can't remove it.
> 
> You could make it empty by
> 
>   echo -n '' > /var/mail/ullhan63
> 
> or some moral equivalent.
> 
> Cheers
>  - t