unable to delete file, fsck.ext3 found and changed

[Spagnuts]

Not often i have to ask question but this time i do. Any help would be mint!

I ran a fsck.ext3 on a drive and it found a dodge folder, which it turned into a file that has Owner 328 Group 33341 the permissions are ----r-x---

The file is unable to be deleted. not even users in group 33341 could delete it since they have no write permission.

Can anyone help, theres a virtual hug in it for ya...

[devils casper]

change its permissions and delete it

chmod 700 <folder>
rm -r <folder>

Casper

[Spagnuts]

Didn't think of the directory permissions, nice try devils_casper

BUT it didn't work.

i get :
rm: desend into directory '/mnt/usb200/folder-to-delete*?
i typed y
rm: remove write-protected regular file '/mnt/usb200/folder/file-to-delete*?
i typed y
rm: cannot remove '/mnt/usb200/folder-to-delete*: Operation not permitted
root@localhost / ]#

the file is 32meg so i wana get rid of it.
ls -l gives me
----r-x--- 1 328 33341 33619980 jan 25 1971 Lighthouse Pictures

date is mental too.

Any thing else i can try...!!!

[devils casper]

did you execute chmod to change permissions? try -f ( force ) option with 'rm'.
whats is the FileSystem of USB stick?





Casper

[Spagnuts]

its a usb ide drive with a 200 gig pata drive
fs is ext3. Off to the ""big Day Out now"", Tool is playing will try when i get home.

thanx for your help Casper

[genesus]

also, make the chmod command recursive