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Re: Kernel 3.14.x bug? rm, mv root-owned files



On Thu, 2014-06-05 at 17:39 -0700, jimmy wrote: 
> Problem description:  With normal/common file permission usage, in a directory owned by non-root user, the user can rename or delete root-owned files using:
> 
>    /bin/mv
>    /bin/rm 
> 
> Within such directory, that non-root user can also 
> 
>    /bin/rm, or /bin/mv  an empty root-owned subdirectory
> 
>    /bin/mv  a subdirectory owned by root
>    
> but prevented from moving or deleting the files within such subdirectory
Well that's just normal if the user owns that parent dir.


Cheers,
Chris.

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