From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 4 7:19:52 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4FBF37B404 for ; Mon, 4 Nov 2002 07:19:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from post-21.mail.nl.demon.net (post-21.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F89543E3B for ; Mon, 4 Nov 2002 07:19:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cls@raggedclown.net) Received: from [212.238.197.102] (helo=mailhost.raggedclown.net) by post-21.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 188j13-000Agz-00 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org; Mon, 04 Nov 2002 15:19:49 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id 3D27AE8A3 for ; Mon, 4 Nov 2002 16:19:48 +0100 (CET) Received: from willow.raggedclown.net (willow.raggedclown.intra [192.168.1.10]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id 3EF40E899 for ; Mon, 4 Nov 2002 16:19:38 +0100 (CET) Received: by willow.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Host [willow], from userid 1009) id 15B1122596; Mon, 4 Nov 2002 16:19:39 +0100 (CET) Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 16:19:39 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson To: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: non-writeable directory - can't be removed Message-ID: <20021104151939.GB469@raggedclown.net> References: <20021104145702.GB46132@keyslapper.org> <20021104145939.GA75425@arpa.com> <20021104150624.GC46132@keyslapper.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021104150624.GC46132@keyslapper.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS 0.3.12pre8 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 10:06:25AM -0500, Louis LeBlanc wrote: > On 11/04/02 08:59 AM, Chip Norkus sat at the `puter and typed: > > Cool. That did the trick, but why would a directory be set > unwriteable *and* immutable? Like I said before, it seems it would > make the directory useless. > I have a feeling that something was said about this on the list awhile back, I think there was a reason for it. I have a hunch it was something to do with X11 V4, but I cannot be sure. -- Regards Cliff Sarginson The Netherlands [ This mail has been checked as virus-free ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message