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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.uwa.edu.au!DIALix!melbourne.DIALix.oz.au!seeware!usenet From: mark@putte.seeware.DIALix.oz.au (Mark Hannon) Subject: Re: Unable to rename kernel Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: usenet@seeware.DIALix.oz.au (Charlie Root) Nntp-Posting-Host: putte.seeware.dialix.oz.au Organization: Private FreeBSD site Message-ID: <E215M8.I4.L.doorway@seeware.DIALix.oz.au> References: <589otu$o5g@umbc7.umbc.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Sat, 7 Dec 1996 06:20:31 GMT Lines: 28 In article <589otu$o5g@umbc7.umbc.edu>, pauld@umbc.edu (Paul Danckaert) writes: > > Greetings, > > I have run into an interesting problem on one of my FreeBSD 2.1.5 boxes. > For some reason, the kernel has permissions: > > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 881526 Nov 11 14:33 /kernel > > I am unable to chmod it, chown it, or mv it to any other name. I tried > booting off of the new kernel I want to use, and then doing it, without > success. I even tried booting the fixit floppy and doing it within there > with no luck. This is fairly odd.. any ideas on how I can get this kernel > out of the way? > The kernel file is 'immutable'. See man chflags for details. To remove it first do a chflags noschg /kernel. Rgds/mark -- +-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-+ | Mark Hannon,| FreeBSD, Free Unix for your PC | mark@seeware.DIALix.oz.au| | Melbourne, | PGP key available by fingering | epamha@epa.ericsson.se | | Australia | seeware@melbourne.DIALix.oz.au | | +-=-=-=-=-=-=-+-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-+