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Date:      Tue, 1 Aug 2000 20:28:40 +1200
From:      "Mark Ibell" <marki@paradise.net.nz>
To:        "net admin" <admin@pacex.net>, <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: make installworld fails to rm: /sys (not permited)
Message-ID:  <002c01bffb92$80194540$0101a8c0@rf.org>
References:  <20000729162707.A8150@almazs.pacex.net>

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----- Original Message -----
From: net admin <admin@pacex.net>
To: <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2000 11:27 AM
Subject: make installworld fails to rm: /sys (not permited)


> Hi Folks;
> I am trying to make installworld and I get error:
>
> cd /; rm -f /sys; ln -s /usr/src/sys sys
> rm: /sys: Operation not permited
>
> Error ...
>
> I did:  chflags -R noschg /sys
> and I still get the error also I am running at kern_securelevel=-1
> to do the make installworld.

Symbolic links do not have 'flags' so there is no reason why rm -f  /sys (as
root) should fail.

Is /sys still is a symbolic link on your system?



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