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Re: tlug: Simple rm question



> It's because you own and have write permission in the directory containing
> the file.  It's like playing Go - root has a group with only one eye, and
> you've got it surrounded :)

That doesn't appear to be the case. I've logged in as two different
"plebian" users, gone to /boot (owned by root, of course, and whose
contents are wholly owned by root) and tried to delete something. I
still get the "are you sure?" message in both cases.

Neil.
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