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> [mylinuxbox]# rm -f /var/log/messages
> rm: cannot unlink `/var/log/messages': Operation not permitted 

As Sacha says, this could be because somebody has set the immutable bit
for that file (or it got set accidentally as a result of filesystem
damage).  Alternatively, is it possible that /var is mounted read-only
for some reason?  Or that permissions on /var/log/messages have been 
set very peculiarly?

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Cheers,                                         kill -9 them all.               
Rick Moen                                       Let init sort it out.           
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