From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 26 15:10:27 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from sand5.global.net.uk (sand5.global.net.uk [194.126.80.249]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4C3214BCF for ; Mon, 26 Jul 1999 15:10:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marko@globalnet.co.uk) Received: from p73s10a06.client.global.net.uk ([195.147.218.116] helo=marder-1.) by sand5.global.net.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #1) id 118suO-00011R-00; Mon, 26 Jul 1999 23:07:44 +0100 Received: (from marko@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.2/8.8.8) id WAA00343; Mon, 26 Jul 1999 22:59:04 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from marko) Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 22:59:04 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: Parker Brown Cc: Tech Support Subject: Re: Superuser not permitted to chmod on his own files Message-ID: <19990726225904.B272@marder-1> References: <379CD428.64C53F37@gte.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: <379CD428.64C53F37@gte.net>; from Parker Brown on Mon, Jul 26, 1999 at 02:33:28PM -0700 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Jul 26, 1999 at 02:33:28PM -0700, Parker Brown wrote: > I'm trying some changes to get FreeBSD to recognise my sound board, and > I don't want to leave the kernel I just built as the default. I leave > /kernel.GENERIC in place but I wanted to delete the new /kernel and > rename /kernel.old to /kernel, in other words get rid of the newly built > kernel. > All three of the files are 555 root wheel, as they should be, but I > can't delete /kernel. I even tried to chmod o+w /kernel but I get a > message that it is not allowed! And as root, I OWN the **** thing! > Why is this happening, and how can I get around it? I was able to do > this very operation the last time I rebuilt the kernel on this same > release. What is happening? > It has the immutable flag set. Try ``chfalgs noschg /kernel''. man chflags for more info. > PB > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:markov@globalnet.co.uk http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message