Re: [user cannot chmod own file]

[Florian Kulzer <florian@molphys.leidenuniv.nl>]

Igor Milovanovic wrote:
> I have this file:
>
> -rwx------   1 f13o f13o 7.1K 2003-06-12 14:08 ppmtolss16
>
> and i can't (?!) chmod it to 755 as user f13o?
>
> This hasn't happened to me... please, help.

It might be that the "immutable" attribute is set for this file. You can
check this with the "lsattr" command and change it with "chattr". For
details see "man chattr".

Regards,
           Florian