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Old 05-02-2013
Protect a file against touch
Afternoon,

the stat command is used against a file to ascertain date created and last modification time. However a different individual if they so chose could use the touch command to alter the date created or modification time.

Is there anyway to protect against this ?

thanks
Steve
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Old 05-02-2013
Don't allow the other individual write permission to the file.
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Old 05-02-2013
If you want to specifically deny a single user to a single file, an ACL would be the best bet.
 
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