Ubuntu 10.04 lts Desktop suddenly started to delete the mountpoint directory after umount:
mkdir dirsudo mount -t ntfs /dev/sda1 dir... works well ...sudo umount dirdir is gone Another similar unanswered post.
Ubuntu server recently had issues with a disk. fsck seemed to correct everything, but I have one directory that I can't delete, chown, chgrp, chmod, etc.
Here's the listing for the directory
dr-x-wxrwt 2 16709 25134 8192 2020-08-23 22:34 UDLEDATB.DBF
Note the sticky bit is set and the uid is a number that does not appear in /etc/passwd.
Even as root, any attempt to delete, chmod, chown, etc. gives "Operation not permitted".
Since sticky bit on a directory restricts delete to the owner and the owner is invalid, I am stuck. I need to delete this directory.
How can I fix this?
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suppose
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