can't delete file !

minhnv · 11-25-2004, 03:51 AM

Hi all,
I'm a RH user ,
I try to move some file from my hdd,
but there'are some errors :

Code:

[root@redserv opt]# chattr -i -R WEB
[root@redserv opt]# rm -Rf WEB
rm: cannot remove directory `WEB/chroot/bin': Operation not permitted
rm: cannot remove directory `WEB/chroot/include': Operation not permitted
rm: cannot chdir from `WEB/chroot/etc/.' to `passwd': Not a directory
rm: cannot chdir from `WEB/chroot/etc/.' to `group': Not a directory
rm: cannot chdir from `WEB/chroot/etc/.' to `resolv.conf': Not a directory
rm: cannot chdir from `WEB/chroot/etc/.' to `hosts': Not a directory
rm: cannot chdir from `WEB/chroot/etc/.' to `nsswitch.conf': Not a directory
rm: cannot chdir from `WEB/chroot/etc/.' to `protocols': Not a directory
rm: cannot remove directory `WEB/scripts': Operation not permitted
rm: cannot remove directory `WEB/bin': Operation not permitted

PLS help me ,
thanks.

Hcman · 11-25-2004, 04:04 AM

Who owns it and what are the permissions?
Run ls -l and see what that gives.

You can then change the owner/permissions with chown and chmod. After setting those you should be able to delete the files.

Arjan

minhnv · 11-25-2004, 04:24 AM

Hi Hcman ,
I login as root ,
and when i run # ls -l

Quote:

[root@redserv etc]# ls -l
total 24
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Nov 25 17:12 asd
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14 Nov 24 16:08 group
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 237 Nov 24 16:08 hosts
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1686 Nov 24 16:08 nsswitch.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Nov 24 16:08 passwd
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5834 Nov 24 16:08 protocols
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 25 Nov 24 16:08 resolv.conf
[root@redserv etc]#

PLS show me why!
thanks,

Hcman · 11-25-2004, 04:36 AM

This is the etc/ dir listing; you need it for your /opt/WEB dir.

Code:

ls -l /opt/web/

Then look into chmod and chown (man chmod, man chown for more info).

Arjan

minhnv · 11-25-2004, 04:43 AM

Hi Hcman,
result of command #ls -l /opt/WEB/ l

Code:

[root@redserv WEB]# ls -l /opt/WEB/
total 12
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         4096 Nov 25 15:29 bin
drwxr-xr-x    5 root     root         4096 Nov 25 15:17 chroot
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         4096 Nov 25 15:17 scripts
[root@redserv WEB]#

pls help me ,
thanks

minhnv · 11-25-2004, 04:45 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Hcman
This is the etc/ dir listing; you need it for your /opt/WEB dir.

Code:

ls -l /opt/web/

Then look into chmod and chown (man chmod, man chown for more info).

Arjan

maybe harddisk errors ?
what do u think?

Hcman · 11-25-2004, 04:53 AM

HD errors are possible but that is such an unsatisfying answer don't you think? :-)

Try removing the subdirs individually or the files within the subdirs.

Arjan

jschiwal · 11-25-2004, 04:58 AM

Could you look at the 'ls -la /WEB' listing. Are there hidden files in the directories?
Also, look at output of
lsof | grep WEB | grep -v grep
This will list the processes that may have some files open.

minhnv · 11-25-2004, 07:59 PM

thanks all,
i do that but i still can't delete them,
I'll try again ,
thanks

minhnv · 11-25-2004, 08:05 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Hcman
HD errors are possible but that is such an unsatisfying answer don't you think? :-)
Arjan

I think so ,

Quote:

Originally posted by Hcman
Try removing the subdirs individually or the files within the subdirs.

I do it but i still can't delete files ----> HD errors
thanks for your help ,