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Date:      Sat, 24 Jul 2004 13:31:10 +0200
From:      Sebastian Steenbuck <me@x3k6a2.net>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: permissions
Message-ID:  <75790734.20040724133110@x3k6a2.net>
In-Reply-To: <004201c47150$1726aef0$7c00a8c0@amiel>
References:  <004201c47150$1726aef0$7c00a8c0@amiel>

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> How can I make a directory permission so that 
> the user can write but cannot delete a file inside the directory?

Another way is to set the setuid bit. (chmod 4000)

See chmod (1)

>          4000    (the setuid bit).  Executable files with this bit set will
>                  run with effective uid set to the uid of the file owner.
>                  Directories with this bit set will force all files and sub-
>                  directories created in them to be owned by the directory
>                  owner and not by the uid of the creating process, if the
>                  underlying file system supports this feature


mfg

Sebastian Steenbuck



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