rm problem

[Starrynight]

Hello everyone

Umask
# umask
027

File permissions
#ll test
-rw-rw---- 1 16 Dez 9 12:00 test

Directory permissions:
drwxrwx---

Why do I get this message
test: 640 mode ? (y/n) ??????????

Thanks in advance.
SN

[Steven E. Protter]

What are the permissions on the directory?

What user are you?

rm -f filename will override the prompt, even if you are root.

SEP

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Hi SN,

You are not the owner of the file, like in below example.

/home/gorj# ls -la test
-rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 0 Dec 9 13:38 test

/home/gorj# rm test
test: 644 mode ? (y/n) n

/home/gorj# rm -f test

Regards,
Robert-Jan

[rmueller58]

if you are deleting a directory with items you need to use:

#rm -Rf