Date: Sat, 26 May 2012 08:04:27 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> To: Gary Aitken <freebsd@dreamchaser.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: removing /var/empty on a non-system disk Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1205260804210.33920@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <4FBFF47D.9040803@dreamchaser.org> References: <4FBBF32D.9070505@dreamchaser.org> <20120522234510.a406941d.goksin.akdeniz@gmail.com> <4FBD7BA0.7070502@dreamchaser.org> <4FBEE05A.6000909@dreamchaser.org> <20120525035108.a3af81c1.freebsd@edvax.de> <CA%2BtpaK2Rwvg_G8veqh9bwV_KZPx6Tz4pxWr0cVh8ZbPEBg5=pg@mail.gmail.com> <4FBFAB5B.6010405@dreamchaser.org> <4FBFCC61.2010504@dreamchaser.org> <4FBFE5E2.6070305@dreamchaser.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1205252238400.31165@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <4FBFF47D.9040803@dreamchaser.org>
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what ls -lod empty says? On Fri, 25 May 2012, Gary Aitken wrote: > On 05/25/12 14:38, Wojciech Puchar wrote: >> chflags noschg is your friend. > > Not in this case. > If you look at the commands attempted, that was already tried (line 282) > Topmost login had to be as root. > >> On Fri, 25 May 2012, Gary Aitken wrote: >> >>> something I'm not seeing >>> >>> I've got a disk previously used as a sys disk I'm trying to clean up. >>> What's the key to removing /var/empty? >>> >>> 280 /hd1/var#sysctl kern.securelevel >>> kern.securelevel: -1 >>> 281 /hd1/var#ls -l >>> total 4 >>> dr-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Jan 3 00:55 empty >>> 282 /hd1/var#chflags noschg empty >>> 283 /hd1/var#chmod 777 empty >>> chmod: empty: Operation not permitted >>> 284 /hd1/var#rmdir empty >>> rmdir: empty: Operation not permitted > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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