Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 15:07:09 -0600 From: Gary Aitken <freebsd@dreamchaser.org> To: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: removing /var/empty on a non-system disk Message-ID: <4FBFF47D.9040803@dreamchaser.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1205252238400.31165@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> 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>
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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
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