Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 21:19:52 -0400 From: parv <parv_@yahoo.com> To: klein brock <getzz1@yahoo.com> Cc: f-q <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: operation not permitted Message-ID: <20010928211952.A446@moo.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <20010928180736.20189.qmail@web20103.mail.yahoo.com>; from getzz1@yahoo.com on Fri, Sep 28, 2001 at 11:07:36AM -0700 References: <20010928132002.B1754@moo.holy.cow> <20010928180736.20189.qmail@web20103.mail.yahoo.com>
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this was, on the fateful occasion around Sep 28 14:07 -0400, sent by klein brock > > > # /bin/ls -ola /usr /usr/home2 > /usr: > total 109 > d-wx--x--x 24 root wheel - 512 Sep 28 10:08 . > d-wx--x--x 20 root wheel - 512 Sep 20 05:23 .. ... > d-wx--x--x 35 root wheel - 1024 Sep 28 09:38 home2 > > /usr/home2: > total 35 > d-wx--x--x 35 root wheel - 1024 Sep 28 09:38 . > d-wx--x--x 24 root wheel - 512 Sep 28 10:08 .. > drwxr-xr-x 3 mytest mytest sappnd 512 Sep 28 09:26 mytest > > # chflags nosappnd /usr/home2/mytest > chflags: /usr/home2/mytest: Operation not permitted > > how do i turn off the flags ? > given the above output, as root, you should be able to remove the sappnd flag. and from your original post did seem to indicate that you had already tried that. don't know what else to say, except: could you humor me and login again as a root, run chflags, and 'rm -rf' the directory? i chmod my own /usr & /usr/home2 equivalent directories to above given permissions and i didn't have any difficulty to remove the sappnd flag & removing a test directory later. (as root of course). this sounds stupid & you may choose to ignore it, but are you sure you are really root and/or have the right authority while you are attempting to 'chflags'? (sorry for repeating same thing four times.) - parv To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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