Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2003 12:58:37 -0400 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Jamie <jamie@gnulife.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading a live server with rdist Message-ID: <3EDB823D.4020007@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <20030602113508.W33999-100000@floyd.gnulife.org> References: <20030602113508.W33999-100000@floyd.gnulife.org>
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Jamie wrote:
> I am trying to upgrade a running production server with rdist, but some
> of the files will not update. I am getting messages like:
>
>
> rdist: server.foo.net:/bin/rcp: Operation not permitted
> updating: /kernel
> rdist: server.foo.net:/kernel: Operation not permitted
> updating: /sbin/init
> rdist: server.foo.net:/sbin/init: Operation not permitted
These files probably have the system immutable flag set. Make sure you do not
have the system security level enabled ("sysctl kern.securelevel" gives -1),
then run:
chflags noschg /kernel /bin/rcp /sbin/init
...or "chflags -R noschg /".
--
-Chuck
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