directory permissions [was: 'syslogd -u' and pidfile creation]

Robert Elz <[email protected]> wrote:

> I agree this is mostly harmless (though annoying) - but leads me to
> ponder whether or not we should have a directory permission setting
> which would allow anyone to remove their own files from a directory,
> but not create any (assuming they don't also have write permission,
> which has to be the case or they can remove any files, unless
> one of the setuid bits is set, like in /tmp).

I'm not sure that's a frequent enough use case to
warrant inventing a new permissions bit for.

Introducing this would also add a certain amount of
complexity and opportunity for user error, so I'd
probably wait until a more tangible need arises.

-Jan