Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 14:27:20 -0400 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Ansar Mohammed <ansarm@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rm -rf ? Message-ID: <432C6008.90908@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <BAYC1-PASMTP0484DD443A1394D40E3C8FB3900@cez.ice> References: <BAYC1-PASMTP0484DD443A1394D40E3C8FB3900@cez.ice>
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Ansar Mohammed wrote: > Ok I am logged in as root, yet I cant delete /var/empty ( I get operation > not permitted). > > Any suggestions? Don't do that. /var/empty is used by SSH for privilege seperation, which means it should exist and not contain any files, which is enforced using the "system immutable" flag: 59-sec% ls -lod /var/empty drwx------ 2 root wheel schg 512 Jul 1 2002 /var/empty/ See "man chflags" for more information. -- -Chuck
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