Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:40:19 -0800 (PST) From: BSD_Newbie <it_manager@gmx.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unable to delete directory even after change of ownership. Message-ID: <21085301.post@talk.nabble.com> In-Reply-To: <4ad871310812181931l20d0fae2p9885d946f329054c@mail.gmail.com> References: <21085175.post@talk.nabble.com> <4ad871310812181931l20d0fae2p9885d946f329054c@mail.gmail.com>
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Glen, The directory was empty. only the usual directories "." and ".." were present when I try to delete the /home/my_repos directory. the directory "." had owner and group as svn and repo_admin respectively the directory ".." had owner and group as root and wheel respectively. These settings are NOT UNUSUAL. The directories "." and ".." under /home/svn also have the same permission/owner-group info as above. I do not understand as to why the -r switch is needed. However, I shall give it a try and keep you posted. Thanks for addressing my post. Cheers. Glen Barber-2 wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 10:27 PM, BSD_Newbie <it_manager@gmx.com> wrote: >> >> e) as root, executed the following command. >> chown svn:repo_admin /home/my_repos >> >> f) verified that the file permissions for /home/my_repos is correctly set >> after the change in ownership. >> >> >> Here is the problem I encountered >> When I log in as svn, I am placed in the folder /home/svn. >> As svn, when I try to delete the folder (/home/my_repos), I get the >> error >> "Permission denied". >> >> Why do I get this error when I (svn) am the owner of that directory? >> >> However, I have no problem deleting a directory under /home/svn. >> > > My guess is you should've used the -r flag with chown (recursive). > > -- > Glen Barber > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Unable-to-delete-directory-even-after-change-of-ownership.-tp21085175p21085301.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
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