Correct/ This is a known problem and has been with us day 1. In general, the thought of allowing delete on non-empty directories presents a serious DOS exposure and we have not allowed it (i.e. we implement the Unix behavior here). I agree that 500 might not be the best return code. Could you suggest what you think should return code should be? -- Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://github.com/xrootd/xrootd/issues/1896#issuecomment-1421547655 You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Message ID: <[log in to unmask]> ######################################################################## Use REPLY-ALL to reply to list To unsubscribe from the XROOTD-DEV list, click the following link: https://listserv.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=XROOTD-DEV&A=1