Use capital R with rm that will remove folders that contain files. So you
would need something like:
`/bin/rm -Rf /home/<user to go bye bye>`
gl,
Nicholas Jones
On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 4:20 AM, Jordi Moles Blanco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hi,
>
> I'm extending snmp functionality through perl.
>
> I've got this in the snmpd.conf
>
> **********
>
> pass .1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.255 /home/autom/agent.pl
>
> **********
>
> then I've got this in the agent.pl
>
> *********
> ........
>
> $ruta = "/usr/home/".$parts[1];
> `/bin/rm -rf $ruta`;
> system("/bin/rm -rf $ruta");
> $quants = rmtree($ruta,1);
>
> ........
> *********
>
> which i call through snmpset like this:
>
> *************
>
> snmpset -v 2c -c mypass 192.168.x.xx .1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.255.8.1.2 s
> "deletehome...test"
>
> *************
>
> Well... the thing is that i can't get the script to delete anything in
> /usr/home. I've tried to setuid the agent.pl file, give it 777.
> I've even tried to chown /usr/home/whatever snmp, which will never be
> the case. But still, i can't delete folders. If the folder is empty, i
> can, otherwise, i can't delete recursively.
>
> Has anyone come up with a solution for this?
>
> I'm using debian lenny and snmp 5.4.1
>
> Thanks.
>
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