From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 26 09:54:20 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA06819 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 09:54:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from horton.iaces.com (horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA06809 for ; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 09:54:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from proot@horton.iaces.com) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA00606; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 11:52:29 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from proot) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199901261752.LAA00606@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: Unremovable file? In-Reply-To: from Chris Martino at "Jan 26, 99 12:18:31 pm" To: chrismar@console.org (Chris Martino) Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 11:52:29 -0600 (CST) Cc: marko@uk.radan.com, robert@chalmers.com.au, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Organization: USWEST !nterprise Networking - ACES X-Phone: (612) 664-3385 X-Fax: (612) 664-4779 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 600 Stinson Blvd, Fl 1S X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55413 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In a previous message, Chris Martino said: > I am root... > stupid:/var/log/ % id > uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root),1(bin),2(daemon),3(sys),4(adm),6(disk),10(wheel) > > C > -- > This is my sig. Fear it! > > On Tue, 26 Jan 1999, Mark Ovens wrote: > > > Chris Martino wrote: > > > > > > I tried that before posting to the list, here is it's output: > > > > > > stupid:/var/log/ % chmod 666 authlog.1.gz > > ^^^ > > You don't appear to be root. Try doning this as root. > > > > > > > chmod: authlog.1.gz: Operation not permitted > > > stupid:/var/log/ % rm -i authlog.1.gz > > > rm: remove `authlog.1.gz'? y > > > rm: authlog.1.gz: Operation not permitted do an ls -lo and see if any flags are set. Get rid of them with chflags. Then you can remove -- Common sense is the most evenly distributed quantity in the world. Everyone thinks he has enough. -Descartes, 1637 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message