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Re: File permission confusion [Debian 9.1 with MATE]

From	Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: File permission confusion [Debian 9.1 with MATE]
Date	2018-01-01 19:40 +0100
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On Mon, Jan 01, 2018 at 07:13:19PM +0100, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
>The nice thing about chattr is that you can protect the
>file's directory entry (which one?) from being deleted.
>But I agree that using chattr without having first
>understood chmod is like using a circular saw without
>having first mastered the screwdriver. Not recommended :-)

It also requires superuser, so it isn't going to help at the user level.
There is nothing a user can do to *prevent* himself from destroying his 
own files, but simply removing write permission from the file & 
directory will keep it from happening accidentally (he could still put 
back write permission and delete/modify the file). 

Mike Stone

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File permission confusion [Debian 9.1 with MATE] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-01-01 12:30 +0100
  Re: File permission confusion [Debian 9.1 with MATE] Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2018-01-01 12:40 +0100
  [ADDENDUM] File permission confusion [Debian 9.1 with MATE] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-01-01 12:40 +0100
    Re: File permission confusion [Debian 9.1 with MATE] "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2018-01-01 13:10 +0100
      Re: File permission confusion [Debian 9.1 with MATE] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-01-01 18:00 +0100
        Re: File permission confusion [Debian 9.1 with MATE] Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-01-01 19:30 +0100
          Re: File permission confusion [Debian 9.1 with MATE] <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-01-01 19:40 +0100
            Re: File permission confusion [Debian 9.1 with MATE] Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-01-02 12:10 +0100
        Re: File permission confusion [Debian 9.1 with MATE] "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2018-01-01 19:40 +0100
          Re: File permission confusion [Debian 9.1 with MATE] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-01-02 15:10 +0100
        Re: File permission confusion [Debian 9.1 with MATE] Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <eduardo@kalinowski.com.br> - 2018-01-02 13:40 +0100
          Re: File permission confusion [Debian 9.1 with MATE] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-01-02 15:20 +0100
            Re: File permission confusion [Debian 9.1 with MATE] "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2018-01-02 16:40 +0100
              Re: File permission confusion [Debian 9.1 with MATE] Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-01-02 19:40 +0100
                Re: File permission confusion [Debian 9.1 with MATE] Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-01-02 19:40 +0100
                Re: File permission confusion [Debian 9.1 with MATE] Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-01-02 19:50 +0100
                Re: File permission confusion [Debian 9.1 with MATE] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-01-02 20:40 +0100
                Re: File permission confusion [Debian 9.1 with MATE] Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-01-02 21:10 +0100
                Re: File permission confusion [Debian 9.1 with MATE] Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-01-02 22:20 +0100
                Re: File permission confusion [Debian 9.1 with MATE] Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-01-02 21:30 +0100
                Re: File permission confusion [Debian 9.1 with MATE] Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-01-02 21:50 +0100
                Re: File permission confusion [Debian 9.1 with MATE] Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-01-03 00:20 +0100
                Re: File permission confusion [Debian 9.1 with MATE] "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2018-01-02 21:10 +0100
                Re: File permission confusion [Debian 9.1 with MATE] Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-01-02 21:40 +0100
                Re: File permission confusion [Debian 9.1 with MATE] Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2018-01-06 06:20 +0100
    Re: [ADDENDUM] File permission confusion [Debian 9.1 with MATE] Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-01-01 13:10 +0100
    Re: [ADDENDUM] File permission confusion [Debian 9.1 with MATE] Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-01-01 20:40 +0100
  Re: File permission confusion [Debian 9.1 with MATE] David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-01-01 17:30 +0100
    Re: File permission confusion [Debian 9.1 with MATE] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-01-01 18:30 +0100
      Re: File permission confusion [Debian 9.1 with MATE] Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2018-01-01 18:40 +0100
        Re: File permission confusion [Debian 9.1 with MATE] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-01-01 18:50 +0100
          Re: File permission confusion [Debian 9.1 with MATE] Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2018-01-01 19:10 +0100
            Re: File permission confusion [Debian 9.1 with MATE] <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-01-01 19:20 +0100
              Re: File permission confusion [Debian 9.1 with MATE] Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2018-01-01 19:40 +0100
                Re: File permission confusion [Debian 9.1 with MATE] Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-01-02 15:30 +0100
                Re: File permission confusion [Debian 9.1 with MATE] Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2018-01-02 23:50 +0100
          Re: File permission confusion [Debian 9.1 with MATE] <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-01-01 19:20 +0100

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