Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 12:18:31 -0500 (EST) From: Chris Martino <chrismar@console.org> To: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> Cc: Robert Chalmers <robert@chalmers.com.au>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Unremovable file? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901261218100.10402-100000@crazy.weirdo.net> In-Reply-To: <36AD79D9.BE03F96E@uk.radan.com>
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I am root... stupid:/var/log/ % id uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root),1(bin),2(daemon),3(sys),4(adm),6(disk),10(wheel) C -- This is my sig. Fear it! On Tue, 26 Jan 1999, Mark Ovens wrote: > Chris Martino wrote: > > > > I tried that before posting to the list, here is it's output: > > > > stupid:/var/log/ % chmod 666 authlog.1.gz > ^^^ > You don't appear to be root. Try doning this as root. > > > > chmod: authlog.1.gz: Operation not permitted > > stupid:/var/log/ % rm -i authlog.1.gz > > rm: remove `authlog.1.gz'? y > > rm: authlog.1.gz: Operation not permitted > > > > C > > > > -- > > This is my sig. Fear it! > > > > On Tue, 26 Jan 1999, Robert Chalmers wrote: > > > > > Try > > > > > > I just noticed, the permissions wont let you anyway... > > > > > > do a chmod 666 authlog.1.gz then a rm > > > > > > rm -i auth* > > > > > > and the prompt should ask you if you want to. answer [y] > > > > > > > > > bob > > > Chris Martino wrote: > > > > > > > Hi guys, > > > > I'm trying to rm a file and for some reason it won't let me do it. > > > > Whenever I try it gives me a rm: authlog.1.gz: Operation not permitted > > > > > > > > stupid:/var/log/ % ls -l > > > > total 286274103 > > > > b--xr-srw- 30063 8736 29287 194, 231 Jun 6 2032 authlog.1.gz > > > > > > > > Any ideas on how I can get rid of this file? > > > > > > > > Chris > > > > > > > > -- > > > > This is my sig. Fear it! > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > -- > > > http://www.chalmers.com.au. Publications From China in 24 different languages. > > > English, French, German, Russian, Arabic, Spanish, Chinese, Burmese, Bengali, > > > Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Persian, Swahili, > > > Sinhalese, Thai, Tamil, Urdu, Vietnamese. China Books for CIBTC, Beijing. > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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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