Re: How can I delete a folder if I don't own it and don't have read/write permissions?
In article <sw-8111EF.14013716092005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Sak Wathanasin <sw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>In article <BF4FB57A.ADF77%bingbong@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
> Bonge Boo! <bingbong@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I created a new folder. I changed the owner to root:wheel. I made sure I
>> read only permissions. I tried to delete it. I could.
>
>You have "write" permission in the parent folder; see other thead on
>sticky bits. If you think of a directory as a "file" in which data about
>child items are stored, it will start to make sense.
....which is a good way to think about directories in UNIX, because that's
pretty much exactly what they are! :-)
.
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