[SLUG] Linux Permissions

Paul Teasdale pdt at rcsuk.demon.co.uk
Sun Feb 26 19:02:07 GMT 2006


On Sunday 26 Feb 2006 18:29, Stephen O'Neill wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm confused.
>
> I have a folder with the following permissions:
>
> drwxrwxr-x  2 apache apache
>
> I have added my username to the apache group. 'Group' permissions say
> that members of the apache group can rwx the folder.
>
> However, when I try to remove the folder I get 'cannot remove folder ...
> permission denied'.
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
This is just a guess but is the Apache daemon running? If so it may be a case 
that the folder cannot be removed because Apache is locking the folder and 
not actually a permissions problem.

Regards,

Paul
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