remove folder , problem with permission

[ashley75]

Hi all,

below is the info about the file:

drwxr-xr-x 2 oracle oinstall 4096 Jun 4 14:39 dumps
dr-xr-xr-x 3 oracle oinstall 4096 Jul 10 08:31 linux
drwx------ 2 root root 16384 Jul 15 2002 lost+found
drwxr-xr-x 3 oracle oinstall 4096 Jul 19 2002 oradata
drwxr-xr-x 3 oracle oinstall 4096 Jul 23 12:47 patchset9.2.0.3


I am trying to remvoe the patchset 9.2.03 and it tells me permission denied. I log in as Oracle who is the owner of this file and issue the command rm -rf patchset9.2.0.4 and I have problem.

any advise???
thanks

 

[gwinn7]

Check to make sure you have the appropriate permissions on the folder containing what you posted. If the permissions on the parent folder are not set correctly, you will not be able to delete files.

Gary
gwinn7
A+,N+,I+

 

[ashley75]

what do you mean by parent folder are not set correctly??? Could you elaborate a little more????

I am new in Linux plus I am not linux admin

thanks

 

[fluid11]

What are the permissions on the folder that those files are inside? If the "oracle" user doesn't have write access to the parent folder, he won't be able to delete any files inside, even though he has write access to the file itself. Run "ls -l" on the folder that those files are inside.

fyi, if you log in as root, you can delete any file or folder regardless of the permissions set.


ChrisP

 

[miblo]

You also have to make sure that none of the files in the directory are open. Use 'lsof' to list all open files.