Re: Unremovable File

[LaJchon McRight <lajchon@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the suggestion.  Gave chattr a try but still unable to delete 
the file.  Is there any other possible way to delete a file when the 
permissions have ben scrambled?

Thanks.

Thomas Molina wrote:

> On Sun, 1 Dec 2002, LaJchon McRight wrote:
>
>  
> > I am trying to reinstall kernel-pcmcia-cs.  I was able to remove the rpm 
> > package but when I reinstall it I am unable to replace /sbin/cardctl.  I 
> > check the permissions and the user and group permissions aren't root but 
> > a bunch of numbers.
> >
> > My question is how do I remove a file that does not have root 
> > permissions.  I've tried su with not success.
> >    
> Sounds like your file permissions got scrambled and the file may have the 
> immutable bit set.  As root do the following to clear the file and make it 
> deletable:
>
> chattr -i <filename>
>
> man chattr for a discussion of file attributes.
>
>
>
>  



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