RE: Failing to delete files that is hold by makegroup

[Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>]

Johan,

Well, for one, why not use "rm -rf" instead?  I'm not at all sure the -d
flag is even implemented on Cygwin.

Also, the value "mkgroup_l_d" for your group means that your /etc/group
doesn't contain the group of the file owner.  Please make sure it's up to
date (see <http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html>).

If the above still doesn't help, perhaps someone more knowledgeable in
ntsec behavior can chime in.  BTW, can you delete the directory using
Windows explorer (I'm not suggesting this as a workaround, just a data
point)?
	Igor

On Tue, 26 Aug 2003, Johan Kruger wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am using rm -df <dir>
>
> getfacl <dir>:
> # file: build_insight/
> # owner: jkr
> # group: mkgroup_l_d
> user:rwx
> user:jkr:rwx
> mask:rwx
> other:rwx
> default:user:rwx
> default:group:rwx
>
> ls -ld <dir>:
> drwxrwxrwx+     18      jkr     mkgroup_        4096 Aug 21 13:08       build_insight/
>
> I hope that you can help, I am a newbie at this unix stuff.
>
> Thanks,
> Johan Kruger
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Igor Pechtchanski [mailto:pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu]
> Sent: 25 August 2003 05:00
> To: Johan Kruger
> Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: Failing to delete files that is hold by makegroup
>
>
> On Mon, 25 Aug 2003, Johan Kruger wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Please help, on my Windows2000 machine a failed build script has left a
> > directory on my machine that I am unable to delete, I have searched the
> > internet, tried chmod to no avail, even tried shred. I am in a bit of
> > confusion at this stage.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Johan Kruger
>
> Johan,
>
> What program do you use to delete directories?  What message are you
> getting when you try to delete that directory?
>
> If you get "permission denied", what is the output of 'ls -ld <dir>'?
> What about 'getfacl <dir>'?  Who is the owner of the directory?
>         Igor

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