On 5/4/06, jhuniepi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
i created a symlink as root in a dir test. that symlink is owned by root.root. but the target directory is owned by cj.cj. why do rm cannot remove a symlink? i want to remove it so that i can create one as user cj. is there something that i missed?TIA here's the output of my commands [EMAIL PROTECTED] test]# ls -la total 12 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 4 14:01 . drwxr-x--- 24 root root 4096 May 4 13:56 .. lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 May 4 14:00 symlink -> /home/cj/symlink/dir/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] test]# rm symlink/ rm: cannot remove directory `symlink/': Is a directory
When you have a symlink pointing to a directory, adding the trailing slash will treat the symlink like its target (the directory). Without it, you actually touch the symlink and not the target. See the attached typescript session. -- JM Ibanez -- The worst government is often the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression. -- H. L. Mencken ----- http://www.livejournal.com/~jmibanez/ http://www.mycgiserver.com/~butiki/
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