RE: [1/2OT] how to delete ??? file
> On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 08:48:10PM +0800, lina wrote:
> >
> > It's well maintained, at least far better than other boxes I met before.
> > Just it might be my fault, long long time ago, I might chmod blindly at
> > that time.
>
> I thought of chmod, so why not just try chmod/chown back? You might
> still get "permission denied" though.
Directories must be marked executable to be used properly. Even root has to
deal with that. My guess is that a corrupted filesystem combined with a
directory not set with the +x flag is the problem. Succeeding at deleting
the directory may not have completely solved the problem. I think it needs
an fsck. The difficulty is that on big iron, dismounting a fs may be
difficult, and rebooting impossible. Tell your sysadmin and let them make
the decision. They probably ought to know.
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