From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 26 00:15:56 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA25303 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 00:15:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from Vorlon.odc.net (Vorlon.odc.net [207.137.42.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA25297 for ; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 00:15:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nwestfal@Vorlon.odc.net) Received: from localhost (nwestfal@localhost) by Vorlon.odc.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id AAA19708; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 00:15:42 -0800 Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 00:15:42 -0800 (PST) From: Neal Westfall To: Chris Martino cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Unremovable file? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Try this: chflags -noschg authlog.1.gz rm -f authlog.1.gz On Tue, 26 Jan 1999, Chris Martino wrote: > Hi guys, > I'm trying to rm a file and for some reason it won't let me do it. > Whenever I try it gives me a rm: authlog.1.gz: Operation not permitted > > stupid:/var/log/ % ls -l > total 286274103 > b--xr-srw- 30063 8736 29287 194, 231 Jun 6 2032 authlog.1.gz > > Any ideas on how I can get rid of this file? > > Chris > > -- > This is my sig. Fear it! > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- Neal Westfall mailto:nwestfal@odc.net http://www.odc.net/~nwestfal/ FreeBSD: The Power To Serve! http://www.freebsd.org/ $Id: dot.signature,v 1.2 1998/12/30 08:23:13 nwestfal Exp nwestfal $ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message