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Deleting a read-only file

A file is owned by root with mode 444, but it sits in a directory that you own with mode 755. Can you delete it with rm -f?

A.No, deleting always needs write permission on the fileB.Yes, deleting needs write on the directory, not on the fileC.No, only root can delete files that root ownsD.Yes, but only after running chmod on the file first

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