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From: Jason Borkowsky <jcborkow@tcpns.com>
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Subject: /var/empty on FreeBSD-4.6.2
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Why do I get this on FreeBSD 4.6.2-RELEASE and not 4.5-RELEASE:

# chmod 700 /var/empty
chmod: empty: Operation not permitted

I do not have kernel security on and I can change permissions on all other
directories. What is locking me out of doing a chmod on /var/empty as root?


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