diff --git a/filemin/delete.cgi b/filemin/delete.cgi
index 73b82d1a6..4c87846e4 100755
--- a/filemin/delete.cgi
+++ b/filemin/delete.cgi
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ get_paths();
 my @errors;
 
 foreach $name (split(/\0/, $in{'name'})) {
+    if(!can_write($cwd.'/'.$name)) {
+        push @errors, "$name - $text{'error_write'}";
+        next;
+    }
     if(!&unlink_file($cwd.'/'.$name)) {
         push @errors, "$name - $text{'error_delete'}: $!";
     }
diff --git a/filemin/filemin-lib.pl b/filemin/filemin-lib.pl
index e52caaf18..2bf37d87c 100644
--- a/filemin/filemin-lib.pl
+++ b/filemin/filemin-lib.pl
@@ -39,6 +39,37 @@ sub get_selinux_command {
   return get_selinux_command_type() ? 'ls -d --scontext ' : 'ls -dmZ ';
 }
 
+sub can_write {
+    my ($file) = @_;
+    if (&webmin_user_is_admin()) {
+        return 1;
+    }
+    # Check if the file is a symbolic link
+    if (-l $file) {
+        # Resolve symbolic link
+        my $resolved_file = readlink($file);
+        # If the link is broken, allow writing to the link itself
+        return -w $file if (!$resolved_file);
+        # Otherwise, check the resolved file
+        $file = $resolved_file;
+    }
+    # Check if the file itself is writable
+    return -w $file;
+}
+
+sub can_move {
+    my ($file, $sdir, $tdir) = @_;
+    # Check if the file itself is writable
+    return 0 if (!&can_write($file));
+    # Check if the source directory is writable
+    return 0 if (!-w $sdir);
+    # Check if the target directory is writable (if given)
+    return 1 if (!$tdir);
+    return -w $tdir;
+    # All checks passed
+    return 1;
+}
+
 sub get_paths {
     %access = &get_module_acl();
 
diff --git a/filemin/lang/en b/filemin/lang/en
index ce7f01d18..c47ddf9ac 100644
--- a/filemin/lang/en
+++ b/filemin/lang/en
@@ -155,6 +155,9 @@ notallowed=You are not allowed to access $1. The only allowed directories are: $
 error_upload_emax=Uploaded file is larger than the limit of $1
 extract_etype=Unsupported archive file type
 
+error_write=you do not have write permission to this file
+error_move=you do not have permission to move this file
+
 info_total1=Total: $1 file and $2 directory
 info_total2=Total: $1 files and $2 directory
 info_total3=Total: $1 file and $2 directories
diff --git a/filemin/paste.cgi b/filemin/paste.cgi
index a7f231183..e1025fc4d 100755
--- a/filemin/paste.cgi
+++ b/filemin/paste.cgi
@@ -29,7 +29,10 @@ if ($cwd eq $from) {
             }
         }
         elsif ($act eq "cut") {
-            if (-e "$cwd/$arr[$i]") {
+            if (!can_move("$from/$arr[$i]", $cwd, $from)) {
+                push @errors, "$from/$arr[$i] - $text{'error_move'}";
+            }
+            elsif (-e "$cwd/$arr[$i]") {
                 push @errors, "$cwd/$arr[$i] $text{'error_exists'}";
             } else {
                 system("mv ".quotemeta("$from/$arr[$i]").
diff --git a/filemin/rename.cgi b/filemin/rename.cgi
index ce7f9f7ef..2c8b0808a 100755
--- a/filemin/rename.cgi
+++ b/filemin/rename.cgi
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ get_paths();
 if (-e "$cwd/$in{'name'}") {
     print_errors("$in{'name'} $text{'error_exists'}");
 } else {
-    if(&rename_file($cwd.'/'.$in{'file'}, $cwd.'/'.$in{'name'})) {
+    if(!can_move("$cwd/$in{'file'}", $cwd)) {
+        print_errors("$in{'file'} - $text{'error_move'}");
+    }
+    elsif(&rename_file($cwd.'/'.$in{'file'}, $cwd.'/'.$in{'name'})) {
 	&redirect("index.cgi?path=".&urlize($path));
     } else {
         print_errors("$text{'error_rename'} $in{'file'}: $!");
diff --git a/filemin/save_file.cgi b/filemin/save_file.cgi
index 27c734313..720049400 100755
--- a/filemin/save_file.cgi
+++ b/filemin/save_file.cgi
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ my @errors;
 # Validate inputs
 my $file = &simplify_path($cwd.'/'.$in{'file'});
 &check_allowed_path($file);
+&error($text{'error_saving_file'}." : ".ucfirst($text{'error_write'}))
+    if (!can_write($file));
 $data = $in{'data'};
 $data =~ s/\r\n/\n/g;