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Subject: Re: cannot remove own file from tmp
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On Thursday 26 August 2004 19:48, Mipam wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a system where tmp is a symlink to /var/tmp
> The permissions or /var/tmp are as follows:
> (doing a ls -l in /tmp):
> drwxrwxrwt  3 root     wheel   512 Aug 26 11:48 tmp
>
This seems rather strange. If you are actually in /tmp
(I take it you mean by 'cd /tmp') then 
 % ls -l
should not report a tmp directory unless you have 
another tmp as a subdirectory of /tmp i.e. /tmp/tmp

If you are actually in the root directory and 
/tmp is a truly symbolic link to /var/tmp then 'ls -l'
should report something like:
   l?????????  ? root  wheel ?? Aug 26 11:48 tmp -> /var/tmp

Please check your information.

Malcolm
 
> in tmp is created a file test:
>
> ls -lo test
>
> -rw-rw-r--  1 mipam  wheel  -   8 Aug 26 11:46 test
>
> However, i cannot remove this file as mipam eventhough i own it.
> No chflags have been said as can be seen.
> How is this possible, why can i not remove a file in here eventhough
> i created it myself and own it myself?
> Bye,
>
> Mipam.
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