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Subject:	rm / rmdir not completely functionnal ?
Date:	Tue, 26 Feb 2002 11:48:51 +0100
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I took a copy of my linux /etc directory to analyse "it".
When done with it I tried to remove it with the following commands :
    $ cd /tmp
    $ rm -dfvR ./etc
    $ rm -dfvR ./etc
        removing `./etc'
        rm: cannot unlink `./etc': Not owner
    $ ls -la
        total 11751
        drwxr-xr-x    4 Administ None         4096 Feb 26 11:40 .
        drwxr-xr-x   12 Administ None         4096 Feb  7 15:39 ..
        -rw-r--r--    1 Administ None        11052 Feb 21 02:15
PolicyExplained.xml
        drwxr-xr-x    2 Administ None         4096 Apr 19  2001
aberystwyth-2001-summary
        -rw-r--r--    1 Administ None        71680 Feb 18 13:53
aberystwyth-2001-summary.t
        -rw-r--r--    1 Administ None     10588160 Feb 26 11:33
config_etc2.tar
        drwxr-xr-x   42 Administ None        49152 Feb 26 11:37 etc
        -rw-r--r--    1 Administ None       593537 Feb 21 22:42
iptables-tutorial.pdf.gz
        -rw-r--r--    1 Administ None       277824 Feb 26 02:00 syslog
        -rw-r--r--    1 Administ None       213057 Feb 26 02:10 syslog.ipt
        -rw-r--r--    1 Administ None       213057 Feb 26 02:12 syslog2.ipt
        Administrator AT CALVIN /tmp

If I try to empty the director, I got the following :
    $ cd ./etc
    $ rm -fRv *
        removing `Bastille'
        rm: cannot unlink `Bastille': Not owner
        removing `X11'
        rm: cannot unlink `X11': Not owner
        removing `alternatives'
        rm: cannot unlink `alternatives': Not owner
        removing `cron.d'
        rm: cannot unlink `cron.d': Not owner
        removing `cron.daily'
        rm: cannot unlink `cron.daily': Not owner
        removing `cron.hourly'
        rm: cannot unlink `cron.hourly': Not owner
        removing `cron.monthly'
        rm: cannot unlink `cron.monthly': Not owner
        ... and so on ...

Could some one tell me how I should do ?

Tx,

THomas,



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