Date: 26 Feb 2001 16:00:41 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: yanek@cigital.com Subject: Re: chflags: Operation not permitted as root? Message-ID: <4466hxf9c6.fsf@lowellg.ne.mediaone.net> In-Reply-To: yanek@cigital.com's message of "27 Feb 2001 04:54:13 %2B0800" References: <97efpl$1iu6$1@FreeBSD.csie.NCTU.edu.tw>
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yanek@cigital.com (Yanek Korff) writes: > And here's how I try to get rid of the immutable manually: > omega# chflags noschg ./libscrypt.so.2 > chflags: ./libscrypt.so.2: Operation not permitted > omega# > > And there's how it didn't work. > > > I've got a 4.2-STABLE system which I upgraded from 4.1.1-STABLE a month back > or so... and I didn't encounter this problem. Has anyone else seen > this/have a solution? > Seen it? Certainly. Mostly when running at a raised securelevel. It is one of the *intended* results of running at a raised securelevel. If you didn't know that, read the man page for init(8) so that you'll know *what* securelevels are supposed to do. If you really want to normally run at high securelevels, then you'll need to drop to single-user mode to perform this operation. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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