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List:       freebsd-hackers
Subject:    Re: truncate tool - must be root?
From:       Wesley Shields <wxs () atarininja ! org>
Date:       2006-05-30 16:32:43
Message-ID: 20060530173017.GA68924 () atarininja ! org
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On Tue, May 30, 2006 at 10:59:11AM -0500, Eric Anderson wrote:
> Is it expected that truncate(8) must be used by a superuser?  If so, 
> then the man page should probably mention it.  If not, then it's broken :)
> 
> 
> Eric

I can use truncate on files I own without a problem.  Who owns the
files?  A quick experiment indicates that even setting a file to mode
647 when owned by root:wheel doesn't allow it to be operated on by
anyone other than root when using truncate.

-- WXS
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