[Zope-CMF] Re: [Plone-users] Allowing content authors to only delete some content from a folder

[Dieter Maurer]

suresh_vv wrote at 2004-1-7 09:49 -0000:
> ...
>But why is it that there is no "Security Permission" 
>that can be set on a file/document basis that ensures that the 
>file/document can be deleted or not? Why should the Permission reside 
>at the Folder level?

Because you change the folder (and not the object) when you
delete an object.
Note: Unix made a similar choice with respect to object deletion.

>Does anyone think this is a flaw?

At least, is is not illogical to let a folder decide whether
it might be modified by deleting its content...

-- 
Dieter