bug#11709: allows the user to modify the file when no access is given

[Bob Proulx]

Vai Dy wrote:
>     It seems to bug in the following scenario.

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>    - created directory
>    - Inside directory created a file with no access to users ,groups and
>    owners.
>    - I logged into Linux machine as a user.

Linux is a kernel and not an operating system.  You cannot have logged
into a kernel.  Please say instead the operating system that you are
using.  But most important is the version of the coreutils program you
are talking about.  You can get the version from the program.

  $ ls --version
Or:
  $ cat --version
And so on for any of the commands.

>    - from root if try to modify the file ext, it allows me to do even
>    though no access is given to anyone. i used mv command here. It modified
>    successfully.

The root user is the "Superuser" on the system.  Without talking about
other variations the superuser is not restricted by file permissions.
Only normal users are restricted by file permissions.

>    - When i try to view the file from root with the help of cat , it says
>    permission denied.

You said 'cat' here but your example did not contain it.

> E.g;
> mkdir dir1
> dir1: touch file1
> dir1: chmod oug=  file1(No access is given)
> dir1: ls -l
> ----------- 1 xx yy 0 2012 -06-14 8.23  file1
> cd dir1
> dir1: mv file1 file.ksh
> 
> Please clarify the above .

As Pádraig said the permissions of the file have nothing to do with
the permissions of the directory.  Moving the file is a directory
operation.  It does not affect the contents of the file.  It affects
the contents of the directory.

Bob