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How to remove directory make by another user

hi there i want to remove a folder make by another user and this folder have permission 777 but i can remove it. I think it because file owen and group owner but how i can change it with chown ?
ps: this directory under / directory :(

What are the permissions of the containing directory? You must have 'write' on the containing directory to be able to delete any of its contents.

If you really need to remove the directory and other means to do so has failed then just become root and then you can remove it.

rm -rf directory

If you want to keep the directory but change ownership then type

Code:



chown -R user:group directory # use the code if you want to change owner and group

chown -R user directory    # use the code if you want to change owner only

If you're using a distro like ubuntu or its derivatives, precede the command with sudo

Replace user and group with the desired name and group. The -R will applied to parent and sub directories within.