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To: Jason Borkowsky <jcborkow@tcpns.com>
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Subject: Re: /var/empty on FreeBSD-4.6.2
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From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com>
Date: 03 Sep 2002 13:39:40 -0400
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Jason Borkowsky <jcborkow@tcpns.com> writes:

> Why do I get this on FreeBSD 4.6.2-RELEASE and not 4.5-RELEASE:
> 
> # chmod 700 /var/empty
> chmod: empty: Operation not permitted
> 
> I do not have kernel security on and I can change permissions on all other
> directories. What is locking me out of doing a chmod on /var/empty as root?

the 'schg' flag.
("man chflags" for info)

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