From: wto@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (William T. O Connell) Subject: Re: Security problem: SLS/99.4/extfs Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1993 05:39:28 GMT
In article <1993Feb7.040547.3058@cc.umontreal.ca> duperval@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Duperval Laurent) writes:
>I noticed something bizarre today:
>
>Whenever a directory has 777 permision on it, anyone can remove any file in
>that directory. I know this is not proper behavior. Does anyone know the
>cure for it?
Change the permissions to 755 (or what ever you want) -- This fact
is NOT specific to linux, it is to unix in general. The whole idea
of giving 'others' write permission on the directory allows them
to modify the directory's contents (even if the user does not own
the file).
- Bill O'Connell