Brian McCullough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am logged in at the console, and attempting to update dpkg ( among > other things, but it is first ). The process stops ( fails ) saying > that it can not write /usr/sbin/install-info. > > OK, so I look at it, and it is owned by root, with 755 permissions. > /usr/sbin itself is the same. If I try to delete "install-info" as > root, from the command line, I get the same message ( permission denied > ). > > I don't see any evidence of SE Linux on this system, Mount claims that > the filesystem ( / ) is mounted rw. > > I can't create a file in /usr/sbin, but can in /usr and delete it too. > > Anybody have any suggestions?
Try using lsattr to look at the attributes of the file---if a file is marked i (for immutable), then chattr -i install-info will make it read/write, but I'll go ahead and mention that the only time I've ever seen a file or bits of files go suddenly immutable was when a box I had once administered was hacked. Mike -- I'd write a song called "Senorita with a Necklace of Tears" -- Paul Simon -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
