Re: root should be able to do anything... right???
I tried to do a lsattr, when it reached fonts I got: lsattr: No such
device While reading flags on ./fonts
Ron
On Mon, 17 Jan 2000, Todd Suess wrote:
> Use lsattr and check the attributes on the file, if is is listed as type
> i (imutable) for example, you will not be able to remove the file unless
> you use chattr and remove the attribute first.
>
> Regards,
>
> Todd
>
>
>
> At 12:57 PM 1/17/00 +0100, Ron Rademaker wrote:
>
> >Last week I've send a mail about a weird file, that should be a directory
> >but it was a character device. (/usr/X11R6/include/X11/fonts). It also had
> >weird permissions:
> >
> > c---r----- 1 8224 10280 49, 117 Dec 1 2031 fonts
> >
> >Now I'm trying to remove this file, the system won't allow me (yes
> >ofcourse I'm root). I've also tried rm -f.
> >I've tried to chown the 'file'/'character device' to root and a chmod, the
> >only thing I get to see is Operation not permitted.
> >
> >Any suggestions???
> >
> >Ron
> >
> >
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