Re: Can't chmod a file

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Mike McCarty wrote:

> Igor Milovanovic wrote:
>
> First, I suggest you put a reasonable subject on your messages.
>
> > 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.
>
>
> Are you getting an error message?
>
> I was able to recreate this problem by creating a directory
> fred, and putting barney.txt into it. I then took off write
> and execute priviledge from fred. Make sure that you have
> write and execute access to the directory your file is in.
>
> Mike

You might also want to run "lsattr" against the file to make sure there 
aren't any hidden attributes, such as immutable bits, on the file.

--
Kent