Can't delete file I own on Linux

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Mar 15, 202618566 views

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This is on a Debian box: I'm logged on as that user. How is it possible that I can't delete that file?

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[ampeg]$ ls -la
total 36
dr-xr-xr-x 3 matt pg104272  4096 2011-01-27 10:37 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 matt pg104272  4096 2012-01-04 12:05 ..
-rwxrwxrwx 1 matt p…

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You have no write access on that directory. You can't delete a file within a directory you don't have write access to. Moreover, quoting the Ubuntu Community manual, "write access for a directory allows deleting of files in the directory even if the…

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