deleting a file

[Chris Jones]

Soo-Hyun Choi wrote:
> accidentally, i have changed a file permission to 600 with root
> privilege. since then, i cannot delete this file.
> 
> [code]
> 
> [soohyunc at server-01 /] $ sudo rm -f thisfile.a
> [sudo] password for soohyunc:
> rm: cannot remove `thisfile.a': Operation not permitted
> 
> [/code]
> 
> is there any way to delete this file from the system?

just set the permissions back to allow deletion

  > sudo chmod a+w thisfile.a
  > sudo rm -f thisfile.a

Chris

> (i'm using gutsy 7.10)
> 
> thanks,
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