Anders Magnusson wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> one of our users encountered a really strange problem: a specific file
> could not be deleted
> from windows.  No problem to copy or move the file, but delete or
> writing to the file do not work.
> Note that copies of the file can be deleted, but not the file itself. 
> Also, no problem to do
> anything with other files in the same directory.
> 
> From Unix there are no problems at all to deal with the file, including
> to make more copies of
> it that cannot be deleted from windows :-)
> 
> Servers are 1.4.11, Windows client is 1.5.66 but the behavior is the
> same on older clients.
> 
> Any hints?  The file can be provided on request (contains private data).
> 
> -- Ragge

What is the Unix mode on the file?   The file may be marked as readonly.
  The Windows readonly attribute is stored on the file as Unix mode 222.
 In Windows, a readonly file cannot be deleted until the readonly
attribute is cleared.

Jeffrey Altman


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