Weird File Permissions Issue
 

Hey all,

Confused about another problem now. What I knew is that when a file does not have write permissions (created by root:wheel) for groups and others, then users other than root cant delete that file. But it seems i am lacking in concept as this is what has been happening

As root i m creating a file in jake's home dir
#touch /home/jake/file
#chmod 000 /home/jake/file
#chown root:wheel /home/jake/file (just to be 100% sure)

now jake logs in (or any other user)
the file has 000 permission and is created by root: wheel
but he can still delete the file...after a override modes message.
(it does happen with all the other users too)

But the users cant delete the file if it is created outside their home directory...

So what it means is that users can delete any file created by anyone under their home directory...
Please let me know where i m missing out ...

Thanks in Advance
SiLiCoN

This is how permissions work in Unix.
If you own the folder, you can delete what evers in that folder. Easy as that.