Re: File impossible to delete
On Fri, 8 Aug 1997, Peter S Galbraith wrote:
> Somehow, I got a corrupted file on my system:
>
> bash-2.00# ls -l /root/Mail/
> total 269488144
> c---r----- 8240 8224 8224 32, 48 Aug 2 1995 drafts
>
> I can't delete it!
>
> bash-2.00# chown root drafts
> chown: drafts: Operation not permitted
>
> bash-2.00# rm -f drafts
> rm: drafts: Operation not permitted
>
> What can I do to get rid of it?
As root can you chmod 700 drafts and then try rm -f drafts?
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