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Linux - why am i allowed to remove root file?

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Mar 15, 20263074 views
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Problem

Situation as follows: i do su to root, then i create admin file with cat > adminfile then i exit from root issuing exit command i can see following adminfile options -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10 2010-06-16 16:25 adminfile however, after executing rm adminfile it really gets removed tada.. file is gone…

Error Output

-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root   10 2010-06-16 16:25 adminfile
reinis@reinis-desktop:~/Test/script$ rm adminfile
rm: remove write-protected regular file `a…

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Fix for: Linux - why am i allowed to remove root file?

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You have write permission on the directory so you can remove any file from it. Deleting or creating a file is modifying the directory so you need appropriate permissions on the that, rather than the file itself. If you want to be able to modify the …

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