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genderbee
Asked: 2019-12-11 14:31:01 +0800 CST

rm: cannot remove '0': Operation not permitted

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Issue

Impossible to remove folder as root.

root@local:/home/hosek/app/firefox.bak/updates# ls -la
total 12
drwxr-xr-x 3 hosek hosek 4096 pro  9 14:55 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 hosek hosek 4096 pro 10 11:06 ..
drwxrwxrwx 2 hosek hosek 4096 pro 10 11:06 0
root@local:/home/hosek/app/firefox.bak/updates# rm -rf 0
rm: cannot remove '0': Operation not permitted
root@local:/home/hosek/app/firefox.bak/updates#

Why? Thanks.

permissions root rm

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    It's possible that the directory is still in use, and therefore cannot be deleted.

    What happens if you use the fuser command to see any PIDs running in the directory? Example:

    MyTestServer: cd /home/postgres/logs
MyTestServer: fuser .
/home/postgres/logs: 40470c
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