C coolyog New Member Jul 11, 2007 #1 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
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 New Member Jul 12, 2007 #2 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: Code: chmod 777 <filename> and then run: Code: rm <filename>
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: Code: chmod 777 <filename> and then run: Code: rm <filename>
