Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 18:00:47 -0400 (EDT) From: Steve Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net> To: Parker Brown <phbrown@gte.net> Cc: Tech Support <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Superuser not permitted to chmod on his own files Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9907261800430.4709-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net> In-Reply-To: <379CD428.64C53F37@gte.net>
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man chflags On Mon, 26 Jul 1999, Parker Brown wrote: > I'm trying some changes to get FreeBSD to recognise my sound board, and > I don't want to leave the kernel I just built as the default. I leave > /kernel.GENERIC in place but I wanted to delete the new /kernel and > rename /kernel.old to /kernel, in other words get rid of the newly built > kernel. > All three of the files are 555 root wheel, as they should be, but I > can't delete /kernel. I even tried to chmod o+w /kernel but I get a > message that it is not allowed! And as root, I OWN the **** thing! > Why is this happening, and how can I get around it? I was able to do > this very operation the last time I rebuilt the kernel on this same > release. What is happening? > > PB > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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