deleting a file

[Paul]

>
> > Does the original poster need to give himself ownership of the file
> > with chown?
>
> The owner of a directory may delete any file within that directory, even
> if it is owned by root. However the directory must be writeable for the
> owner of the directory. OTOH, root can delete every file whatever
> permissions the directory has.


Ok, thanks! :)
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