On Sat, 10 Nov 2001, Kevin Waterson wrote: > I have a file that looks like this > ?--------- 15335 root 44142 0 Nov 7 16:06 > yerba01oct01.tgz > > I cannot delete the thing.... > > I tried to delete it > [root@kevin yerba]# rm -rf 'yerba01oct01.tgz' > rm: cannot unlink `yerba01oct01.tgz': Operation not permitted > > I have tried to chmod 777 the thing > [root@kevin yerba]# chmod 777 yerba01oct01.tgz > chmod: changing permissions of `yerba01oct01.tgz': Operation not > permitted > > I have tried chattr > root@kevin yerba]# chattr -i -V yerba01oct01.tgz > chattr 1.23, 15-Aug-2001 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09 > > perhaps chattr does not work because it is a ext3 fs > > I have even tried yelling at it, but no cigar > any tips greatfully recieved
I'm waaaaaaay behind on SLUG email so this has probably already been answered but I can say 'debugfs' has gotten me out of trouble a few times but *be* *very* *careful*. Kevin I know you're probably ok with this but others reading shouldn't use debugfs if they don't know their way around the chmod and e2fsck programs. -- ---<GRiP>--- Web: www.arcadia.au.com/gripz Phone/fax: 02 4950 1194 Mobile: 0408 686 201 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
