can't delete file even after "chmod 777" & "rm -f"

[Danie Du Toit]

The attributes for the /home/robot and /home/mlbot by default set to
755. To have a users in the same group delete files from these
directories, you need to set the directory attributes to 775.


On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 16:47:03 -0500, Gary Stanny <stanny at tdfltd.com> wrote:
> 
> Howdy -
> 
> I'm having a weird problem. My users can't delete each other's files.
> Even if I "chmod 777" the target file and use a "rm -f" cmd. Of course root
> can delete the files. Both users are in wheel.
> 
> stanny >ls -l  bf_com_exit_rpt.txt
> -rwxrwxrwx  1 robot  wheel  5241 Mar 11 16:30 bf_com_exit_rpt.txt
> 
> stanny >rm  bf_com_exit_rpt.txt
> rm: bf_com_exit_rpt.txt: Operation not permitted
> 
> stanny >rm -f  bf_com_exit_rpt.txt
> rm: bf_com_exit_rpt.txt: Operation not permitted
> 
> cat /etc/passwd ->
> stanny:*:1000:0:Gary Stanny:/home/stanny:/usr/local/bin/zsh
> robot:*:9999:0:Mr. Robot:/home/robot:/usr/local/bin/zsh
> mlbot:*:9998:0:Mail Bot:/home/mlbot:/usr/local/bin/zsh
> 
> stanny >cat /etc/group
> # $FreeBSD: src/etc/group,v 1.19.2.1 2001/11/24 17:22:24 gshapiro Exp $
> #
> wheel:*:0:root,stanny,robot,mlbot
> 
> Please also CC me direct as I get the list via digest.
> 
> Thanks a bunch.
> 
> cheers
> 
> gary
> 
> Gary Stanny          Tierra del Fuego Ltd.    www.TDFltd.com
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