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Bieng root user i cant delete a directory

Last answer on Jun 29, 2009 11:42:55 am BST priyanka, on May 22, 2009 8:26:15 am BST 
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Hello,
I log in as root user in my server(linux) but i cant delete a directory although it has all the permissions which are required for a root user.so how can i delete this directory?And why is this happening?A user can do anything.

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god09, on May 22, 2009 8:35:13 am BST

Did you login with the right user name and password?

   
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Simone99, on May 25, 2009 2:22:44 pm BST
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To remove a directory you have to simply use this command :
if the directory is empty use the command

rm ./directoryname

if the directory contain sub directories and not empty then use this command

rm -r directoyname

See here , there is a post with very usefull commands for Linux :
http://www.aspireoneuser.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=67&t=9389

   
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 Chakal, on Jun 29, 2009 11:42:55 am BST

Thanks simone for the link

   
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