Permission denied to file I own with perm 0777 (command 'rm')

[snowweb]

I've been using my install for the last 2 years but suddenly, I can't delete files!


peter@ubuntu:~$ rm /home/peter/Documents/website/bg.png

rm: remove regular file `/home/peter/Documents/website/bg.png'? y

rm: cannot remove `/home/peter/Documents/website/bg.png': Permission denied

peter@ubuntu:~$ ls -la /home/peter/Documents/website/bg.png

-rwxrwxrwx 1 peter peter 3096 2012-01-22 04:33 /home/peter/Documents/website/bg.pngCan anyone shine some light on what could be happening here please?

Thanks.

[savanna]

You could try doing the rm with sudo, but that doesn't explain why *you* can't remove it...

[snowweb]

You could try doing the rm with sudo, but that doesn't explain why *you* can't remove it...

This is true, but I need to solve the problem. This is sure to cause problems throughout if assuming this is not the only file effected.

[snowweb]

Sorry guys.. stupid me! The directory didn't have write permissions. Sorted now.