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this post was submitted on 21 Nov 2023
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i.e file is created (as non-root), trying to remove the file (once again, as non-root) gives me a "
rm: cannot remove 'dir/file.name': Permission denied" error message.OK I see. Can you create a new file with nano and then do an "ls -l" so we can see the permissions it's given? Also provide the output of the command "umask" as the user you're working with.
Just did it, and it shows my sudoer username with ownership of the created file.
umaskreturns me 0002.Can you paste the line from ls -l? Sanitize the username/date/time if you need to. Example:
-rw-r--r-- 1 bolapara users 0 Nov 21 17:19 asdf
-rw-rw-r-- 1 $sudoer $sudoer $date $createdfilename.That is not an elevated permission, your user should be able to delete that file, do the same in another directory if it works it might be a permission, or more likely an attribute, problem on the directory itself or something on the path to it.
You cannot say if user able do delete the file or not. It depends on directory permissions (deleting file is modifying a directory).
What are the permissions on the directory? What is command are you running to edit the file? What command are you running to delete it? (Have you got selinux turned on? What filesystem is this directory on?)
Do you have write permissions on the directory?