Re: smbfs permissions problem (2.2.6ac1)

Fuzzy Fox (fox@dallas.net)
Thu, 22 Apr 1999 14:43:27 -0500


Mike Frisch <frisch@hcl.com> wrote:
>
> rm: temp/file: Permission denied
> rm: temp: Text file busy
>
> If I 'chmod' this files to 644, I can remove the directory without
> incident.
>
> Is this correct behaviour?

It's not correct behavior for Unix. But it is correct behavior for
Windows. Servers can implement permissions however they like. In Unix,
permission to write the parent directory gives permission to delete. In
Windows, read-only permission implies no-delete permission.

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