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Date:      Tue, 3 Sep 2002 16:19:35 -0400
From:      Jim Brown <jpb@sixshooter.v6.thrupoint.net>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: /var/empty on FreeBSD-4.6.2
Message-ID:  <20020903201934.GA96889@sixshooter.v6.thrupoint.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.44.0209031331120.72901-100000@bemused.tcpns.com>
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* Jason Borkowsky <jcborkow@tcpns.com> [2002-09-03 13:33]:
> 
> 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 don't have a working 4.6.x system in front of me at the moment-
check /var/empty with 'ls -alo /var/empty' and see if any
flags are set.  man chflags(1)

HTH,
jpb
===



> 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?
> 
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