On Fri, 2005-11-18 at 10:31 -0600, Kevin Kinsey wrote: > >>>>>>I'm logged in to my FreeBSD 5.2.1 box as 'admin' via ssh, why would I > >>>>>>receive this override prompt? > >>>>>> > >>>>>>-bash-2.05b$ ls -la massage.xls > >>>>>>-rw-r--r-- 1 admin admin 4463104 Aug 29 17:25 massage.xls > >>>>>>-bash-2.05b$ rm massage.xls > >>>>>>override rw-r--r-- admin/admin for massage.xls? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>Check the permissions on the directory? > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>-bash-2.05b$ ls -la > >>>>total 460441 > >>>>drwxr-xr-x 18 admin admin 1024 Nov 18 08:38 . > >>>>drwxr-xr-x 5 admin admin 512 Jan 4 2005 .. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>To original poster: is the immutable bit set on the file? > >> > >> > > > >I don't believe so...is this how you tell? > > > >-bash-2.05b$ ls -lo massage.xls > >-rw-r--r-- 1 admin admin - 4463104 Aug 29 17:25 massage.xls > > > > > > see chflags(1). Most likely it is. If you really want the file gone, > (as root*): > > #chflags noschg massage.xls > #rm massage.xls >
I'm sure I can make it happen. My problem is the rsync backup everynight fails to delete this and other files like it saying 'Permission denied'. So, I am assuming it is because of this issue. The rsync script logs in as admin. How can I resolve this? -- Robert _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"