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From: roya@post.tau.ac.il (Avidor Roye)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: Cannot delete /etc/rc.local in BSDI
Date: Sun, 06 Apr 1997 19:23:30 GMT
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HKGalexy@mail.nomura.com.hk (Yeung Chi Wai, Alex) wrote:

>Hi,
Hi alex :)
>I cannot delete or modify the /etc/rc.local.
>I have try to use w! or delete it. The error message is 
You can see that the only user that can change this file
is the root, also to change the mode of this file.
you have to obtain root password of ask from you sys admin,
to give you the rigth access to this file.

>           Operation not permitted

>I also try to chmod 777, the file cannot be chmod.

>   the flag of rc.local is rwxr-x--
>   the flag of /etc is rwxr-xr-x

>Alex

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>|                             |
>| Yeung Chi Wai, Alex         |
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>| HKGalexy@mail.nomura.com.hk |
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