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# 1  
Old 09-12-2008
Java Permissions for the root user on Solaris 10
Hi I have a doubt, here if a file does not have the write permissions to the root user my script is going to write the data into that file. when i executed the script as root user. Is it correct ... ?
# 2  
Old 09-12-2008
Yes, root can do pretty much anything.
# 3  
Old 09-12-2008
In most cases, yes.

However, root cannot write to a write protected file if the filesystem is mounted read-only or is remote (NFS).
# 4  
Old 09-12-2008
And same applies for transferring of files remotely as root directly, could be also disabled in some cases
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Old 09-15-2008
Ok Thanks...
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