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- From: jdg41088@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Pickaxe)
- Subject: Re: a simple question about rm
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- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 23:06:55 GMT
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- yasu@ll.mit.edu (Alan Yasutovich) writes:
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- > Here's another one. Why can root remove stuff if
- > all permissions are off. I did a test once to see if
- > I could use this as a mask, and it failed.
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- I think that's because permissions don't apply to root. They can do anything
- they want becuase root is god.
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