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Date:      Sun, 28 Sep 1997 05:09:16 -0700
From:      John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@efn.org>
To:        Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Make world failure
Message-ID:  <19970928050916.54436@hydrogen.nike.efn.org>
In-Reply-To: <l03020902b053de92bb3e@[194.32.164.2]>; from Bob Bishop on Sun, Sep 28, 1997 at 11:33:56AM %2B0100
References:  <342DE052.FE793D33@nconnect.net> <l03020902b053de92bb3e@[194.32.164.2]>

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Bob Bishop scribbled this message on Sep 28:
> Actually, I cd to /usr/obj and rm -rf *. It refuses to remove several leaf
> files, citing "Operation not permitted" (errno 1 I assume). But I'm root!

this is usually because a file has the schng flag set on it...  you
must first clear this flag before you can remove the file, this includes
root users...  and in -current there is also a flag that prevents removal
of a file (but still lets you modify it)...

ttyl..

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