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defunct
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 Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 3:59 am Post subject: Can't rm a file I own? |
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Hello,
I'm using KDevelop to write a program and when I run make distcheck to package it, it creates files that I cannot remove, even though I own them. For example:
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[james@warped:~/work/ksnkauth/ksnkauth-1.0]$ id
uid=1000(james) gid=100(users) groups=100(users),10(wheel)
[james@warped:~/work/ksnkauth/ksnkauth-1.0]$ ls -l AUTHORS
-r--r--r-- 1 james users 41 Sep 19 18:36 AUTHORS
[james@warped:~/work/ksnkauth/ksnkauth-1.0]$ rm AUTHORS
rm: remove write-protected regular file `AUTHORS'? y
rm: cannot remove `AUTHORS': Permission denied
[james@warped:~/work/ksnkauth/ksnkauth-1.0]$ chmod +w AUTHORS
[james@warped:~/work/ksnkauth/ksnkauth-1.0]$ ls -l AUTHORS
-rw-r--r-- 1 james users 41 Sep 19 18:36 AUTHORS
[james@warped:~/work/ksnkauth/ksnkauth-1.0]$ rm AUTHORS
rm: cannot remove `AUTHORS': Permission denied
[james@warped:~/work/ksnkauth/ksnkauth-1.0]$
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Does anyone know why I can't remove that file and how I can fix it?
Thanks in advance,
-d |
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psyqil
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| Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 4:16 am Post subject: |
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| Perhaps there's still something accessing it? Try emerge lsof && lsof AUTHORS |
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defunct
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| Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 5:04 am Post subject: |
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| psyqil wrote: | | Perhaps there's still something accessing it? Try emerge lsof && lsof AUTHORS |
Hello,
I tried that and lsof returns nothing. No processes own those files. |
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PowerFactor
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| Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 5:30 am Post subject: |
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| Perhaps they have the immutable attribute set. You can check that with lsattr and change it with chattr. |
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defunct
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| Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 5:40 am Post subject: |
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| PowerFactor wrote: | | Perhaps they have the immutable attribute set. You can check that with lsattr and change it with chattr. |
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[james@warped:~/work/ksnkauth/ksnkauth-1.0]$ lsattr AUTHORS
------------- AUTHORS
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No attributes are set on the file. Oddly, I cannot cp the file either:
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[james@warped:~/work/ksnkauth/ksnkauth-1.0]$ cp AUTHORS AUTHORS.new
cp: cannot create regular file `AUTHORS.new': Permission denied
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I'm stumped... =/
edit: FYI, this file resides on an ext3 filesystem |
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PowerFactor
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| Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 5:46 am Post subject: |
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| What are the permissions on the directory containing the files? |
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andrew_j_w
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| Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 8:37 am Post subject: |
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What permissions do you have on the directory containing AUTHORS?
It sounds to me like you don't have write permission on the directory.
HTH,
Andrew |
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PowerFactor
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Did you really think my post was that obfuscated? Or did it just not show up in your browser?  |
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andrew_j_w
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I think I must be going blind in my old age... Sorry!  |
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