rm -rf fails

[Marcel Kunath]

Have this annoying problem. Not sure what caused it.

mail:/etc # chown root.root /usr/share/doc/packages/mailman/*
chown: getting attributes of `/usr/share/doc/packages/mailman/README.SuSE':
Permission denied
chown: getting attributes of `/usr/share/doc/packages/mailman/TODO': Permission
denied
chown: getting attributes of `/usr/share/doc/packages/mailman/UPGRADING':
Permission denied
chown: getting attributes of `/usr/share/doc/packages/mailman/gnu-COPYING-GPL':
Permission denied
mail:/etc # chmod a+w /usr/share/doc/packages/mailman/
mail:/etc # rm -rf /usr/share/doc/packages/mailman
rm: cannot remove `/usr/share/doc/packages/mailman/TODO': Permission denied
rm: cannot remove `/usr/share/doc/packages/mailman/UPGRADING': Permission
denied
rm: cannot remove `/usr/share/doc/packages/mailman/README.SuSE': Permission
denied
rm: cannot remove `/usr/share/doc/packages/mailman/gnu-COPYING-GPL': Permission
denied
rm: cannot remove directory `/usr/share/doc/packages/mailman': Directory not
empty
mail:/etc # ls -l /usr/share/doc/packages/mailman
ls: /usr/share/doc/packages/mailman/TODO: Permission denied
ls: /usr/share/doc/packages/mailman/UPGRADING: Permission denied
ls: /usr/share/doc/packages/mailman/README.SuSE: Permission denied
ls: /usr/share/doc/packages/mailman/gnu-COPYING-GPL: Permission denied
total 9
drwxrwxrwx    2 root     root          138 May 19 23:52 .
drwxr-xr-x  359 root     root         8196 Apr 16 00:34 ..


It's like these files don't exist but they are there.

 -- Marcel
Kunath

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