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As a root user, I created a file in / directory. I can only read this file when logged in as normal user (say A) as expected.I changed the ownership to A.Now A can read as well as write.But when I try to delete it, permission denied message comes.Can anyone explain why?

Lavanya Nidhi
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    Can you post the output of /usr/bin/stat /yourfile? That would reduce the amount of guess work. – joepd May 26 '16 at 15:14
  • @joepd see the link in Jeff's comment. It's got nothing to do with the files permissions :) – forquare May 26 '16 at 15:15

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Deleting a file isn't a modification of the file, it's a modification of the directory containing the file. If you don't have the rights to modify the directory, you cannot remove the file within that directory.

Andy Dalton
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