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Can't rename a directory that I own
I have a directory with a big load of sub directories. I own all of them, and the permissions are all 777.
pascal@azazel /box $ ls -al
total 147872
drwxr-xr-x 293 root root 12288 aoû 22 19:44 ...
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How do permissions work when moving directories?
Recently I tried to move a directory that I own to another directory (which I also own), but I couldn't. I then noticed that I don't own the parent directory.
This made me wonder what are the rules ...
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mv file without write permission to the source file
I just realised that I can move a file that I do not own and don't have write permissions on. I have write permissions to the directory, so I am guessing that is why I could move it, but in this ...
