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Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 14:04:28 -0500
From: John Jasen <jjasen1@umbc.edu>
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On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Xavier Ordoquy wrote:

> OK, thanks for the answer.
> I've spoken to a few people before and they hadn't heard about it.
> Since once upon the time on a solaris system I've had a root file that I
> couldn't remove even if I hold the rights of the directory.
> This is why I figured out this was a bug.
> Anyway, thanks for that.

I think, I could very easily be mistaken, tho', that being able to do this
is part of posix compliance.

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