Unable to move file in unix

Question

I am new to unix.

I am trying to move a file from one file system to another in unix. The id which i use is a group id and not owner id. The file is having rw-rw-r-- access. When i try to move the file from one file system to other it says permission denied.

Example
Server : Linux
Source path : /test/input
Destination path : /test/archive
File name : data.txt
Permissions : rw-rw-r--
Owner id : id1
My id : id2
Both id1 and id2 belongs to same group.
When i try to move the file from source to destination it says permission denied.

How to fix this?

Does the group have write permission on the destination directory and the source directory? — Mithrandir, May 15 '14 at 07:25

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 15 '14 at 08:01

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You may consider change the ownership of the file, or directly copy it.

answered May 15 '14 at 08:01

Kiwi

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 15 '14 at 08:30

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Change the ownership of the directory where you are trying to move the file.Using

chown -R <youruserid> /test/archive

answered May 15 '14 at 08:30

Kworks

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered May 15 '14 at 08:50

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Sorry silly error from myside.

Previously i have added the owner id to my group so it did not work. Now i have added my id to owner group and it worked.

Thanks for the help!!

answered May 15 '14 at 08:50

prabu

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Unable to move file in unix

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