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From: j@ida.interface-business.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: How to get rid of /tmp/.immutable?
Date: 22 Mar 1996 10:34:11 GMT
Organization: interface business GmbH, Dresden
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Reply-To: joerg_wunsch@interface-business.de (Joerg Wunsch)
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Flavio Veloso <flaviovs@centroin.com.br> writes:
> I'm running BSDI/OS 2.0.1 and I'm trying to delete /tmp/.immutable ("rm
> /tmp/.immutable" in the shell prompt) without success, even logged as root.
> All I get is "rm: .immutable: Operation not permitted".
The name of this file is a strong indication that the ``immutable''
flag is set (RTFM chflags(8)), and this does also look like somebody
has deliberately set the flag, so removing the file might not be a
good idea actually.
Alias your `ll' to `ls -lo' (for the admin account), to always see the
file flags in a long listing.
--
J"org Wunsch Unix support engineer
joerg_wunsch@interface-business.de http://www.interface-business.de/~j