Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 08:59:08 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Paulino Calderon <paulino.calderon@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cannot remove old log files Message-ID: <20060109065908.GA1026@flame.pc> In-Reply-To: <8dc358df0601082157m241a2c2ejce7617aefa09352d@mail.gmail.com> References: <8dc358df0601082157m241a2c2ejce7617aefa09352d@mail.gmail.com>
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On 2006-01-08 21:57, Paulino Calderon <paulino.calderon@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello. > I am currently moving to a new log administration policy, the problem > is that there are some old logs that I would like to delete but I > can't, the error is the typical "Operation not permitted" although I > am trying to do this as root, the file's permissions are ok and there > are no special file flag activated or anything, any ideas? > > suckea# uname -a > FreeBSD suckea.com 5.3-SECURITY FreeBSD 5.3-SECURITY #0: Wed Jul 20 > 06:22:23 UTC 2005 > root@builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 > > mybox# ls -lo > [snip] > -rwx------ 1 root wheel - 78 Dec 6 15:00 auth.log.zzpKVF1 > -rwx------ 1 root wheel - 78 Jan 3 05:00 auth.log.zzr4dZD > -rwx------ 1 root wheel - 78 Jan 4 17:00 auth.log.zzyP5R0 > > mybox# rm -rf auth.log.* > [snip] > rm: auth.log.zzr4dZD: Operation not permitted > rm: auth.log.zzyP5R0: Operation not permitted Is the partition mounted read-write? Can you run ktrace on this command and post the output?
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