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Hi,
the permission of 'renaming a file' is included in which right: 'read', 'write' or 'execute' ???
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- 04-13-2011 #1Just Joined!
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renaming file right access
Hi,
the permission of 'renaming a file' is included in which right: 'read', 'write' or 'execute' ???
:ssssss
- 04-14-2011 #2
Renaming a file actually has nothing to do with the file at all! Filenames are stored in directories and not in the file's inode with the ownership and access rights. This means that renaming files requires an edit of the parent directory, for which you need write access to the directory.
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