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Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 14:19:18 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
Reply-To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Brandon Gillespie <brandon@roguetrader.com>
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Subject: Re: unable to rm suid binary..?
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On Tue, 28 Oct 1997, Brandon Gillespie wrote:

> I am unable to remove an SUID binary, howcome?  Specifically...
> 
> -r-sr-xr-x  1 root  bin  196608 Jul  9 19:56 rcp*
> # rm rcp
> override r-sr-xr-x  root/bin schg for rcp? y
> rm: rcp: Operation not permitted

Try `su' ing to root first.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major