Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 20:07:25 +0100 From: Daniel Bye <dan@slightlystrange.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: permissions problem with /var/empty Message-ID: <20020718190724.GA10970@catflap.home.slightlystrange.org> In-Reply-To: <OE1166figCZrWkmNHQF00029b5d@hotmail.com> References: <OE1166figCZrWkmNHQF00029b5d@hotmail.com>
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On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 12:49:17PM -0600, Seth Hieronymus wrote: > Hello, > > I have a problem. When upgrading my openssh-portable, it fails to install > when it tries to "chmod 0700 /var/empty", which gives the error message: > Operation not permitted. The permissions on /var/empty are 0555. When I > tried to "rm -rf /var/empty", it fails with the same error message. My /var > is linked to /usr/var. I tried to chmod /usr/var/empty, but no difference. I > have stopped almost all of the services running in the background, and lsof > reports that there aren't any processes using anything in /var/empty. > > Anyone have any suggestions to remedy this? Hmm, sounds like it might be the directory's flags. Try # ls -Ldlo /var/empty and see if the flag "schg" is set. If so, unset it (chflags -RH noschg /var/empty), make your changes and reset the flag using "chflags -RH schg /var/empty". HTH Dan -- Daniel Bye PGP Key: ftp://ftp.slightlystrange.org/pgpkey/dan.asc PGP Key fingerprint: 3D73 AF47 D448 C5CA 88B4 0DCF 849C 1C33 3C48 2CDC _ ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) - against HTML, vCards and X - proprietary attachments in e-mail / \ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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