On Sep 21, 2012 4:36 PM, "KD" <<a href="mailto:kdall99@hotmail.com">kdall99@hotmail.com</a>> wrote: > > William Scott Lockwood III <vladinator <at> <a href="http://gmail.com">gmail.com</a>> writes: > > > On Sep 21, 2012 4:00 PM, "Thufir" <hawat.thufir <at> <a href="http://gmail.com">gmail.com</a>> wrote: > > > > > > Under what conditions can this file get deleted? > > Under the condition that the permissions of the directory containing it allow it. > > > > thufir <at> dur:/var/spool/news/interesting.groups$ > > > thufir <at> dur:/var/spool/news/interesting.groups$ ll /var/spool/news/ > > > interesting.groups/gmane.linux.ubuntu.user > > > -r--r--r-- 1 news news 0 Sep 9 23:37 /var/spool/news/interesting.groups/ > > > gmane.linux.ubuntu.user > > > thufir <at> dur:/var/spool/news/interesting.groups$ > > > > > > > > > > > > I want that this file can be read, but not deleted. I looked through > > > <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FilePermission">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FilePermission</a> > > > but wasn't sure that I have the correct setting. > > Well, that a non-existing wiki page provides only little enlightment, should > come as no surprise. > OTOH > <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FilePermissions">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FilePermissions</a> > has all info. > > > Now do chattr +i to the file. > > Irrelevant. Whether or not a file may be deleted has nothing to do with the > permissions of the file itself - only the permissions of the directory > containing it matter. > > -- > KD Making the file immutable will prevent any modification. Thus the 'immutable' part.