Re: [cobalt-users] Deleting username.lock files

["Steven Werby" <steven-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jay Jil <jayjil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm attempting to delete 3 username.lock files on my Qube2. I'm in the
> /var/spool/mail directory and I'm entering the following rm -i *.lock. I'm
> getting the following error messages:
>
> [admin@www mail]$ rm -i *.lock
> rm: remove `admin.lock'? y
> rm: admin.lock: Permission denied
> rm: remove `jayj.lock', overriding mode 0600? y
> rm: jayj.lock: Permission denied
> rm: remove `lindac.lock', overriding mode 0600? y
> rm: lindac.lock: Permission denied
> [admin@www mail]$
>
> How can I delete these files?

Are the files owned by root?  If so you'll need to do "su -" to become root and
enter the admin password at the prompt.

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Steven Werby {steven-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx}