POSIX file permission (understanding) problem?

[jhell]

On 10/29/2010 23:27, jhell wrote:
> On 10/25/2010 18:28, Chuck Swiger wrote:
>> chmod g+w testdir/ (as superuser, exit again)
>>>
>>
>> ls -ld testdir
>>>
>>
>> drwxrwx--x  2 nobody  intern  512 25 Okt 23:03 testdir
>>> ls -l testdir
>>> total 0
>>> -rw-r-----  1 nobody  intern  0 25 Okt 23:03 testfile
>>
>>> 	-> Now editing with vi (as user harry) changes the ownership of the
>>> file and writing is successfull:
>>> ls -l testdir/
>>> total 2
>>> -rw-r-----  1 harry  intern  5 25 Okt 23:10 testfile
>>
>>   A file in a sticky directory may only be removed or renamed
>>      by a user if the user has write permission for the directory and the user
>>      is the owner of the file, the owner of the directory, or the super-user.
> 
> 
> Obviously he is not the owner of the file, directory, nor the superuser
> in this case so if I am missing something here please forgive me but I
> still see a big problem with this....
> 

Never mind... forhot the chmod g+w.

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 jhell,v