Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:31:17 -0500 From: "Glen Barber" <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> To: BSD_Newbie <it_manager@gmx.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unable to delete directory even after change of ownership. Message-ID: <4ad871310812181931l20d0fae2p9885d946f329054c@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <21085175.post@talk.nabble.com> References: <21085175.post@talk.nabble.com>
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On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 10:27 PM, BSD_Newbie <it_manager@gmx.com> wrote: > > e) as root, executed the following command. > chown svn:repo_admin /home/my_repos > > f) verified that the file permissions for /home/my_repos is correctly set > after the change in ownership. > > > Here is the problem I encountered > When I log in as svn, I am placed in the folder /home/svn. > As svn, when I try to delete the folder (/home/my_repos), I get the error > "Permission denied". > > Why do I get this error when I (svn) am the owner of that directory? > > However, I have no problem deleting a directory under /home/svn. > My guess is you should've used the -r flag with chown (recursive). -- Glen Barber
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