On Sat, Oct 13, 2001 at 08:07:12PM -0700, Kevin wrote: > root@shell:/usr/share/doc/apt# chmod 644 guide.it.html > chmod: changing permissions of `guide.it.html': Operation not permitted try lsattr guide.it.html, guess the 'i' attribute is set (immutable) chattr -i guide.it.html should fix it (man lsattr and man chattr for more info) I still recommend though that you fsck that fs ASAP, since you don't know if there's any other damage.