• lemmyvore@feddit.nl
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    1 year ago

    If you try to access an old Linux install you could run into the exact same problem. Both Linux and Windows nowadays use filesystems with permissions embedded into them, so if the user on the new install doesn’t match the old one you’ll have a problem.

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      1 year ago

      but i just tried i can delete system folders from a different linux drive with no problems

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        1 year ago

        Certainly not without using sudo right? It’s the same in the windows land, the UAC dialog is windows’ equivalent of sudo.

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          1 year ago

          correct, but why wasnt i given a UAC prompt here? it just says Try again and Cancel

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            1 year ago

            Probably due to some sort of idiot-proof protection to prevent people from deleting their windows folder from explorer. Try running a CMD shell as administrator and delete it from the command line instead.

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          This breaks the system, depending on your current directory when running it. I had an intern do this to a server while in /. We were able to recover through some tomfoolery, but only because he was still logged in. No one else could get into the system after he destroyed the permissions.