Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 23:18:44 +0000 (GMT) From: George Reid <greid@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: leoric@home.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Permission problem Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010312317260.6706-100000@sobek.nevernet.net> In-Reply-To: <39FF4F0F.5DDDA5B9@home.com>
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On Tue, 31 Oct 2000 leoric@home.com wrote:
> I posted this question earlier but, let me better explain my problem. I
> am unable to install a new kernel because the permissions on /kernel
> somehow became -r-xr-xr-x. I am unable to move or delete the old kernel
> file. How am I supposed to do this as root without write permission to
> the file?
That is the default permission for the kernel. That alone does not prevent
you moving/deleting the kernel file. The file attributes are preventing
you from doing this.
You need to do: chflags noschg <kernel file> first. Read man chflags(1).
G
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