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How to lock a file against deletion but still make it writeable?
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I want to make a file locked against deletion but still be writeable. How do I do this? The file in question is a Truecrypt volume as a file on a NAS SMB Network share, so I don't want to accidentally delete it.
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For Windows: Deny "Delete" permission on the file. Remove or deny "Delete child items" permission on the parent directory. For Unix (including OS X): Remove "Write" permission on the parent directory. Note that this will only prevent the file from b…
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