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xarzu
xarzu

Reputation: 9499

chmod: changing permissions of 'bin': Operation not permitted

"bin" is the name of an empty folder on a Linux system that I want to delete. From the parent folder, I have typed:

chmod 700 bin

And it returns

chmod: changing permissions of 'bin': Operation not permitted.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 20595

Answers (3)

Dhananjay Kashyap
Dhananjay Kashyap

Reputation: 621

Probably the file has the immutable flag set in its extended attributes. To fix this, just run sudo chattr -i file

% sudo chattr -i immutable
% sudo chown user:user immutable

Upvotes: 3

Deepika Anand
Deepika Anand

Reputation: 305

Become su [switch user command] In my case, I had a remote server with user temproot in it. I used su temproot sudo -i chmod 777 TargetDirectory or FileName

Upvotes: 0

prashant thakre
prashant thakre

Reputation: 5147

it means you dont have permission for it. check that whoami and after that check that who is owner of bin folder.

Upvotes: 0

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