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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!newsfeeds.sol.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!204.179.98.2!news.visigenic.com!news From: Tim O'Neil <toneil@visigenic.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: can't move /kernel Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 08:26:53 +0000 Organization: Visigenic Software, Inc. Lines: 15 Message-ID: <3302D04D.1667@visigenic.com> References: <32FF806E.41C67EA6@zxcv-pc.jumpnet.com> Reply-To: toneil@visigenic.com NNTP-Posting-Host: vsi48.visigenic.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (WinNT; U) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:35384 Curt Finch wrote: > > why can't i do this? i booted off of kernel.new > > # mv kernel kernel.old > mv: rename kernel to kernel.old: Operation not permitted > # id > uid=0(root) gid=0(wheel) groups=0(wheel), 2(kmem), 3(sys), 4(tty), > 5(operator), 20(staff), 31(guest) > # uname -a > FreeBSD pnk.com 2.1.5-RELEASE FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE #1: Mon Feb 10 > 13:19:32 CST 1997 curt@pnk.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/CURT i386 > # su to root first helps. alot.