me grabbed a keyboard and wrote:
>
> Hello, I am hoping someone can give me some advice on how to delete a
> file.
>
> Apparently the directory /usr/local/netscape/chrome/ got hosed and it
> shows up
> as a 2.2gb file and not a directory any longer.
>
> EXT3 file system, file system check shows no problem.
>
> The file shows OWNER: 35327
> and I can not create a user that starts with a number to delete it that
> way.
>
> GROUP: 3277717500 (kde)
> -10172497 (midnight commander) this may just be how shell and kde
> display the number (signed number??)
>
> I added both of these groups and added root to both groups and I still
> cant do
> anything with the file.
>
> Any Suggestions??
>
> Thank You
> Jack
Root can delete any file or directory in the system. What's stopping you
from su'ing to root and deleting it that way?
--Dave
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