non-writeable directory - can't be removed

2002-11-04 Thread Louis LeBlanc
Hey all. I'm trying to get some temp files cleaned out, and the one giving me trouble is /tmp/temproot/var/empty/ The empty directory is in fact empty, but the ownership and permissions seem to make it impossible to remove it. I've tried rm -rf, rm -df, and rmdir all as root, but all I get is:

Re: non-writeable directory - can't be removed

2002-11-04 Thread Chip Norkus
On Mon Nov 04, 2002; 09:57AM -0500 Louis LeBlanc propagated the following: Hey all. I'm trying to get some temp files cleaned out, and the one giving me trouble is /tmp/temproot/var/empty/ The empty directory is in fact empty, but the ownership and permissions seem to make it impossible to

Re: non-writeable directory - can't be removed

2002-11-04 Thread Louis LeBlanc
On 11/04/02 08:59 AM, Chip Norkus sat at the `puter and typed: On Mon Nov 04, 2002; 09:57AM -0500 Louis LeBlanc propagated the following: Hey all. I'm trying to get some temp files cleaned out, and the one giving me trouble is /tmp/temproot/var/empty/ The empty directory is in fact

Re: Re: non-writeable directory - can't be removed

2002-11-04 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 10:06:25AM -0500, Louis LeBlanc wrote: On 11/04/02 08:59 AM, Chip Norkus sat at the `puter and typed: On Mon Nov 04, 2002; 09:57AM -0500 Louis LeBlanc propagated the following: Hey all. I'm trying to get some temp files cleaned out, and the one giving me trouble

Re: non-writeable directory - can't be removed

2002-11-04 Thread Cliff Sarginson
On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 10:06:25AM -0500, Louis LeBlanc wrote: On 11/04/02 08:59 AM, Chip Norkus sat at the `puter and typed: Cool. That did the trick, but why would a directory be set unwriteable *and* immutable? Like I said before, it seems it would make the directory useless. I have a

Re: Re: non-writeable directory - can't be removed

2002-11-04 Thread Louis LeBlanc
On 11/04/02 04:18 PM, Erik Trulsson sat at the `puter and typed: On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 10:06:25AM -0500, Louis LeBlanc wrote: On 11/04/02 08:59 AM, Chip Norkus sat at the `puter and typed: On Mon Nov 04, 2002; 09:57AM -0500 Louis LeBlanc propagated the following: Hey all. I'm trying