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Date:      Thu, 18 Dec 2008 23:49:36 -0800
From:      perryh@pluto.rain.com
To:        it_manager@gmx.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Unable to delete directory even after change of ownership.
Message-ID:  <494b5210.UcBZHO0RwvVRx7d4%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
In-Reply-To: <21085175.post@talk.nabble.com>
References:  <21085175.post@talk.nabble.com>

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> 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?

To remove anything that is located in /home, including a directory
such as /home/my_repos, user svn would need write permission in the
/home directory.  Probably only root has write permission there.



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