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Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 21:52:40 -0600
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Subject: Re: How to delete a file without owner and group?
From: Peng Yu <pengyu DOT ut AT gmail DOT com>
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On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 9:48 PM, Peng Yu <pengyu DOT ut AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
> I have a file that doesn't have owner and group and hence I can not
> delete it. Could somebody let me know how to delete it?
>
> office AT office-PC /tmp
> $ ll
> total 0
> -rw-r--r-- 1 ???????? ???????? 0 2009-11-28 10:12 foo.sh
>
> office AT office-PC /tmp
> $ chown office foo.sh
> chown: changing ownership of `foo.sh': Permission denied
>
> office AT office-PC /tmp
> $ rm foo.sh
> rm: remove write-protected regular empty file `foo.sh'? y
> rm: cannot remove `foo.sh': Permission denied


I found the problem, which is due to windows 7 security system. See below.

http://www.blogsdna.com/2159/how-to-take-ownership-grant-permissions-to-access-files-folder-in-windows-7.htm

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