unable to delete a directory

[coolyog]

USING RED HAT LINUX
im nt able to delete a file having permissions 555 being the root
wen i giv chmod it doesnt allow me to change permissions

 

[munkyeetr]

chmod 555 only gives you read and execute permissions, and I believe you need write permissions to delete a file.

So are you saying that when you are logged in as root you cannot enter the command:

chmod 777 <filename>

and then run:

rm <filename>