Re: Can't get rid of this file--Why???
On Mon, Sep 16, 2002 at 02:02:01AM -0500, John Foster wrote:
> I have a file /usr/lib/gnews after purging gnews from my system. The
> strange thing is that I can't even remove it as root. It has a string of
> numbers for the owner and group and properties of pr--r--r-- 0444 Does
> anyone know what this is and how to get rid of it. It is stopping me
> from installing or removing anything connected to gnews. Also it is
> 512Mbs in size. I tried to view it and I get permission denied...even as
> root. Thanks!
> --
> John Foster
>
I had this problem once. I solved it using debugfs (if I remember corrctly) using the kill_file command. This is part of e2fsprogs utilities, which only works on ext2 and ext3, I believe:
http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/ext2.html
HTH,
Keith
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