RE: [cobalt-users] Raq4 user can't delete files they own via ftp

["Jolley, Carl" <Carl.Jolley@xxxxxxx>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Alcock
To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: 9/6/02 6:33 PM
Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] Raq4 user can't delete files they own via ftp

> > > I even tried to delete via ftp after changing the ownership 
> from nobody
> > > to that username.  No luck.
> > > Had to su from admin to root.  Any idea what could be wrong??
> > >
> > >Is the user id of the ftp login also the owner of the files?
> >
> > YES.
> >
> >How about the group?
> >Maybe post the results of ls -l for the files
> 
> drwxr-xr-x   2 nobody   site113      1024 Sep  5 11:26 _vti_cnf
> -rw-r--r--   1 nobody   site113     76928 Sep  5 11:22 chapter1.htm
> -rw-r--r--   1 nobody   site113     70985 Sep  5 11:25 chapter10.htm
> -rw-r--r--   1 nobody   site113     72821 Sep  5 11:22 chapter2.htm
> -rw-r--r--   1 nobody   site113     85675 Sep  5 11:22 chapter3.htm
> -rw-r--r--   1 nobody   site113     73097 Sep  5 11:22 chapter4.htm
> -rw-r--r--   1 nobody   site113     91360 Sep  5 11:22 chapter5.htm
> -rw-r--r--   1 nobody   site113     74592 Sep  5 11:22 chapter6.htm
> -rw-r--r--   1 nobody   site113     71142 Sep  5 11:24 chapter7.htm
> -rw-r--r--   1 nobody   site113     70707 Sep  5 11:25 chapter8.htm
> -rw-r--r--   1 nobody   site113     57450 Sep  5 11:25 chapter9.htm
> -rw-r--r--   1 nobody   site113      2899 Sep  5 11:13 plato.htm
> -rw-r--r--   1 nobody   site113    129320 Sep  5 10:38 repligneg.jpg
> -rw-r--r--   1 nobody   site113    149511 Sep  5 10:38 replignem.jpg
> 
I smell immutible in here somewhere!
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What I am wondering is how the OP logged into FTP
with the nobody account. Just exactly what password did
he use for the nobody account? These files can only
be removed by nobody and root so long as they are owned
by nobody.