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You don't actually need write access to a file/directory to delete it. You only need write access to the parent (removing or adding a file modifies the containe
by slau 10y ago
You don't actually need write access to a file/directory to delete it. You only need write access to the parent (removing or adding a file modifies the container, not the contained).
Remove write access to the parent directory, while keeping traversal and read rights, and you'll be sorted.
- coldpie 10y agoBut then I can't add files to my home directory...
- slau 10y agoYou said it was impossible. I simply indicated it wasn't.
- coldpie 10y agoThe question was perhaps imprecisely phrased, but I think you can figure out what I'm trying to accomplish.
- vidarh 10y agoSo don't put the stuff you want to protect this way in your home directory, but somewhere else, and symlink the relevant directories to your home directory.
- coldpie 10y agoQuite clumsy, but I guess it works. I'll keep it in mind, thanks for the idea.