Tried with a few things I could think of without success. Ideas? Thanks.
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by mistake?? 777 already means anyone can modify the file already – danidee Apr 16 '15 at 03:19
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Can you not delete it as root? Is not 777 just a random user ID? – WhiteMask Apr 16 '15 at 03:19
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1@danidee OP said the `owner` is set to 777. – mjuarez Apr 16 '15 at 03:20
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is 777 not a permisson for anyone on the system to read write and execute? – danidee Apr 16 '15 at 03:23
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What "few things" did you think of? – SiKing Apr 16 '15 at 04:59
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You should be able to delete the file if you run the remove command with sudo
sudo rm /path/to/file.txt
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If it's your server, you can just sudo rm file.
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Please do **not** do -rf in this situation. It will not help you and it could be a disaster. – DWright Apr 16 '15 at 03:34
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The reason it could be a disaster is that if the file is a linke to a folder structure and you aren't aware of it, it will do a recursive delete. You don't want to do `-rf` unless you explicitly want to recursively delete something. – DWright Apr 16 '15 at 04:17
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thanks to everyone. The answer is when all attempts to change owner of the file fail, check the owner of its parent directory :).
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rm -rf filename if you have the permission do delete the file
Otherwise:
sudo chown user filename && rm -rf filename where user is your username.
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Please do not do -rf in this situation. It will not help you and it could be a disaster. – DWright Apr 16 '15 at 04:12
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The reason it could be a disaster is that if the file is a linke to a folder structure and you aren't aware of it, it will do a recursive delete. You don't want to do `-rf` unless you explicitly want to recursively delete something. – DWright Apr 16 '15 at 04:17