Force a Delete

Flab0y352 · 01-06-2008, 08:46 AM

Hello im trying to delete a dir in my home folder and its telling my access denied ... isnt there a way to force it ive tried........

rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty flock
rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty -p flock

can someone please help?

acid_kewpie · 01-06-2008, 08:50 AM

"rm -rf dirname" will delete a directory if you have the right to do so. if you don't then it's quite rightfully impossible as that user, in which case root or someone would need to come into play.

pixellany · 01-06-2008, 09:03 AM

Are you using rmdir or rm -rf?

rmdir only works on empty folders. rm -rf deletes everything, but requires write privileges for the containing folder. (it first has to be able to delete contents before it can delete the folder.)

Also, you must have write privileges to the host directory in order to add or remove anything.

Flab0y352 · 01-06-2008, 09:04 AM

Thank you it worked

marciobarbalho · 01-06-2008, 09:51 AM

as root
root # chmod -R 755 /home/"username"

Tinkster · 01-06-2008, 11:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by marciobarbalho

as root
root # chmod -R 755 /home/"username"

And which thread was this response meant for? :}

Cheers,
Tink

englianhu · 05-29-2016, 02:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by marciobarbalho

as root
root # chmod -R 755 /home/"username"

Thanks dude, need to grant permission if we have limited authority!

Quote:

Originally Posted by acid_kewpie

"rm -rf dirname" will delete a directory if you have the right to do so. if you don't then it's quite rightfully impossible as that user, in which case root or someone would need to come into play.

Thanks dude!

erik2282 · 05-31-2016, 10:42 AM

43,417 posts for that guy!