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Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 00:51:03 -0800
From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net>
To: jan <bunthaaar@gmx.net>
Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: new kernel installation - permission problem
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On Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 12:41:35AM -0500, jan wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> I have installed freebsd 4.2 on my system and re-compiled the kernel.
> This is a 'new' box and i didn't know that it's something else than a
> i586 but I only added 'cpu i586' to the kernel config, because of this i
> get a kernel panic. Well, no problem. I just press some button when
> freebsd starts to load and do 'unload' and 'load kernel.GENERIC' and
> 'boot' then I re-compiled my kernel again but the permissions on /kernel
> are only rx for everyone. When I do 'make install' I get a permission
> error, I'm root while installing the kernel. I also tried to delete
> /kernel manually but again got a permission error - any ideas?

The kernel is set immutable, 'schg,'

  $ ls -lo /kernel

Have you cleared the flag, chflags(1)?

  # chflag noschg /kernel

You can't? Are you running at securelevel > 0? You need to lower the
securelevel to do this, securelevel(8).
-- 
Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@alum.mit.edu

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