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Homework and Emergencies Emergency UNIX and Linux Support rm -rf issues Post 302459628 by citaylor on Tuesday 5th of October 2010 06:06:56 AM
Old 10-05-2010
If it isn't an alias, which I suspect it is, can you tell us the ownership, the permissions on the parent directory and the O/S version ?

Ive found in the past on various UNIX that if the directory is owned by someone else and there are certain permissions on it (setuid/setgid/sticky bit) then you can be asked about removal of files...UNIX platforms do differ in their implementation of these bits however...
 

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delete directory(1m)													      delete directory(1m)

NAME
delete directory - Deletes a directory SYNOPSIS
cdscp delete directory directory-name ARGUMENTS
The full name of the directory. DESCRIPTION
The delete directory command deletes a directory. The directory cannot contain any object entries, soft links, or child pointers. The master replica must be the only remaining replica in the cell. Use the delete replica command if you need to remove read-only replicas. Privilege Required You must have delete permission to the directory and write permission to the clearinghouse that stores the master replica of the directory. The server principal needs administer permission to the parent directory or delete permission to the child pointer that points to the directory you intend to delete. NOTE
This command is replaced at Revision 1.1 by the dcecp command and may not be provided in future releases of DCE. EXAMPLE
The following command deletes the directory /.:/eng from the namespace: cdscp> delete directory /.:/eng RELATED INFORMATION
Commands: create directory(1m), delete replica(1m), list directory(1m), set directory(1m), set directory to skulk(1m), show directory(1m) delete directory(1m)
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