file removal problem

[Dieter Schicker]

You are totally right. I'm sorry for the misinformation.

On Fri, 2006-08-04 at 12:31 +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote:
> Dieter Schicker <dieter.schicker at uni-graz.at>:
>  
> >> cr-x-wS--- 44040 2262871048 2899800918 37, 234 2061-06-17 08:11
> >> areas2.png
> >> 
> >> l-w-rw---T 44251 1904258270 2899942416 10922 2061-12-01 12:13 word.gif
> > 
> > The access rights seem to be screwed up. Maybe try "chmod 644
> > areas2.png" and then remove it. See also "man chmod".
> 
> Access rights on a a file don't matter if the fiel is to be deleted.
> Only the rights on the "containing" directory are important. 
> 
> Picture: Files are listed in a directory (in a list). Removing an entry
> from this list means, that the list is to be modified. NOT the entry
> itself!
> 
> Proof:
> 
> [12:30:41 vz6tml at dewup-ww02:~/tmp/remove] $ ls -la
> insgesamt 1
> dr-xr-xr-x 2 vz6tml pcei   72  4. Aug 12:30 .
> drwxr-xr-x 8 vz6tml pcei 1048  4. Aug 12:30 ..
> -rw-rw-rw- 1 vz6tml pcei    0  4. Aug 12:30 file
> [12:30:43 vz6tml at dewup-ww02:~/tmp/remove] $ LC_ALL=C rm file
> rm: cannot remove `file': Permission denied
> [12:30:47 vz6tml at dewup-ww02:~/tmp/remove] $ chmod u+w .
> [12:30:55 vz6tml at dewup-ww02:~/tmp/remove] $ ls -la
> insgesamt 1
> drwxr-xr-x 2 vz6tml pcei   72  4. Aug 12:30 .
> drwxr-xr-x 8 vz6tml pcei 1048  4. Aug 12:30 ..
> -rw-rw-rw- 1 vz6tml pcei    0  4. Aug 12:30 file
> [12:30:57 vz6tml at dewup-ww02:~/tmp/remove] $ LC_ALL=C rm file
> [12:30:59 vz6tml at dewup-ww02:~/tmp/remove] $ ls -al
> insgesamt 1
> drwxr-xr-x 2 vz6tml pcei   48  4. Aug 12:30 .
> drwxr-xr-x 8 vz6tml pcei 1048  4. Aug 12:30 ..
> 
> Alexander Skwar
> -- 
> If you permit yourself to read meanings into (rather than drawing meanings out
> of) the evidence, you can draw any conclusion you like.
> -- Michael Keith, "The Bar-Code Beast", The Skeptical Enquirer Vol 12 No 4 p 416
> 
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