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From: Jim Dennis <jim@starshine.org>
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Subject: Re: can't delete rcp
To: mcnab@bayarea.net
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 17:41:18 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: kelly@fsl.noaa.gov, black@mr.net, questions@FreeBSD.org
In-Reply-To: <199607161817.LAA03277@baygate.bayarea.net> from "David McNab" at Jul 16, 96 11:17:37 am
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> 
> Sean Kelly wrote:
> |>>>>> "Ben" == Ben Black <black@MR.Net> writes:
> |
> |    Ben> i tried unlinking the thing, cat /dev/null onto it...what
> |    Ben> simple thing am i missing?
> |
> |			  chflags noschg rcp
> 
>      I haven't been around here very long, so if this
> has been discussed to death please pardon me for
> bringing it up.
> 
>      This "flags" thing looks like an abomination to
> me.  What is the rationale behind it, and where did it
> come from?
> 
>   -- Dave McNab

	I use it on every system I put together (using 'chattr +i' on 
	my Linux systems).  I'll at the sysctl/securitylevel stuff
	to my new ones from now on (does Linux have a corresponding
	feature)?

	One question I do have about chflags -- I haven't seen a 
	corresponding 'lsflags' or any way to query the fs for 
	information about which flags are set.  Is there one?
	How to I find out the flags state without changing them?

Jim Dennis,
Starshine Technical Services,