RE: IMMUTABLE and APPEND-ONLY rationales

[Igmar Palsenberg]

> > From: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]]
> > Even root cannot delete immutable and append-only files again. So if every
> > user was allowed to do that he/she could create a lot of problems for root
> > (like creating undeletable files in /tmp) 
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> 
> Root is already privileged to set/unset those bits on any file regardless
> of ownership.  It does not follow that this would change if users could
> set those bits on their own files.  

That means I have to use an extra command. I'm a student, and I'm lazy. If
users want to protect their files : chmod 600 does the trick, and with a
600 dir you'r safe.
 
> I'm sorry, but I don't see that as a valid rationale.

It doesn't make sense for normal users to have immutable / append only
privs.
 
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> Linda A Walsh                    | Trust Technology, Core Linux, SGI
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	Igmar