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From: paul@tetrauk.UUCP (Paul Ashton)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: rmdir problem in SCO UNIX
Message-ID: <739@tetrauk.UUCP>
Date: 26 Sep 90 09:51:28 GMT
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Reply-To: paul@tetrauk.UUCP (Paul Ashton)
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> I booted my Compaq Syspro 386 with an emergency boot floppy and
> tried to remove a directory both with rm an with rmdir. However,
> I get the error message:

>  	rmdir:  setuid(2) failed, Not owner

C2 strikes again!

solution is type
su
then rmdir
setuid will fail if the login uid is not set, however su sets it if it
is not already set. Obviously the single user login doesn't set your luid.
-- 
Paul