[BusyBox] rm -rf confused by directories without "x" bit set.

[Glenn McGrath]

On Sun, 9 Nov 2003 13:22:30 -0600
Rob Landley <rob at landley.net> wrote:

> I ran buildroot as me (not as root), and it created a file that rm -rf
> won't delete.
> 
> [landley at dhcppc4 busybox]$ ./busybox rm -rf
> ../../../buildroot/build_i386 rm: unable to stat 
> `../../../buildroot/build_i386/staging_dir/lib/pkgconfig/openssl.pc': 
> Permission denied
> rm: unable to remove 

> Any suggestions?

What are the pormisions of openssl.pc ?

Its possible to extract a file that you dont have permission to remove,
you can use setgid on directories to ensure your group has permissions
for all files created in that dir.



Glenn