Russell Johns wrote: >H- > >forgive my ignorance, but I'm not understanding whats going wrong here >... >essentially a large file that I own I can't delete... >why do I not have permission to delete this file??? > > To delete a file you need write permission in the directory. Write permission to a file simply allows you to modify a file. Also if this directory has the sticky bit set you will need to own the file to delete it. [sflory@sflory sflory]$ cd test [sflory@sflory test]$ cat >1 hello [sflory@sflory test]$ cat 1 hello [sflory@sflory test]$ chmod 555 . [sflory@sflory test]$ rm 1 rm: cannot remove `1': Permission denied [sflory@sflory test]$ cat 1 hello [sflory@sflory test]$ cat >1 bye [sflory@sflory test]$ cat 1 bye [sflory@sflory test]$ chmod 755 . [sflory@sflory test]$ rm 1 >[rcj@Merak2 Archive]$ rm rcj.iso >rm: cannot remove `rcj.iso': Permission denied >[rcj@Merak2 Archive]$ chmod 777 rcj.iso >[rcj@Merak2 Archive]$ rm rcj.iso >rm: cannot remove `rcj.iso': Permission denied >[rcj@Merak2 Archive]$ ls -l >total 423972 >-rwxrwxrwx 1 rcj xcdroast 433717248 Oct 21 10:39 rcj.iso >[rcj@Merak2 Archive]$ chown rcj.rcj rcj.iso >[rcj@Merak2 Archive]$ rm rcj.iso >rm: cannot remove `rcj.iso': Permission denied >[rcj@Merak2 Archive]$ rm -f rcj.iso >rm: cannot remove `rcj.iso': Permission denied >[rcj@Merak2 Archive]$ > > > > -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
