Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2017 16:30:57 -0800 From: Balaji Palaniswami <heisenbug.bala@gmail.com> To: Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to delete read only files. Message-ID: <CAB0r=atCa_sGvkoojKRBMmAumrE2oQeUpZ2D0Ax8MhBwLLrYug@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1485821962.3017.32.camel@freebsd.org> References: <CAB0r=audiCeUGDiCu9y_d=O7p86wXRnqN1GGXrSs%2B6UC%2Bxe=OA@mail.gmail.com> <1485821962.3017.32.camel@freebsd.org>
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On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 4:19 PM, Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Mon, 2017-01-30 at 16:12 -0800, Balaji Palaniswami wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am trying to delete read only files. > > > > # pwd > > /usr/home/bp/nfsroot/lib > > # whoami > > root > > # ls > > libc.so.7 libcrypt.so.5 libthr.so.3 > > # ls -ltr > > total 3264 > > -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 1460592 Jan 29 12:07 libc.so.7 > > -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 51640 Jan 29 12:07 libcrypt.so.5 > > -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 109568 Jan 29 12:08 libthr.so.3 > > # rm -rf libc.so.7 > > rm: libc.so.7: Operation not permitted > > > > # chmod 777 libc.so.7 > > chmod: libc.so.7: Operation not permitted > > > > Please suggest me some ways to delete these files. > > > > Thanks, > > Balaji > > Those libraries typically have the 'schg' flag set on them, as do some > others in the tree. If you need to wipe everything under nfsroot, the > typical incantation is > > rm -rf nfsroot/ ; chflags -R noschg nfsroot/; rm -rf nfsroot/ > > that deletes everything it can first, then changes the flags on what's > left, then deletes them too. (Doing the noschg first requires > examining/changing 145,000 files.) > > -- Ian > It wiped off all files under nfsroot. Thank you so much for your quick help.
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