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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!fizban.solace.mh.se!eru.mt.luth.se!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!gatech2!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!hearst.acc.Virginia.EDU!maui.cc.odu.edu!news From: Ragnar <bowden@cs.odu.edu> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: rm <file> as root impossible ?! Date: Mon, 13 Nov 1995 18:19:14 -0500 (EST) Organization: Old Dominion University Lines: 17 Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.90.951113181833.9815D-100000@tsunami.cs.odu.edu> References: <485itn$lvt@News.Simplex.NL> NNTP-Posting-Host: tsunami.cs.odu.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <485itn$lvt@News.Simplex.NL> On 12 Nov 1995, Rob Simons wrote: > Hi, > > I'm running FreeBSD 2.0.5 on a 486DX2, and have the following strange > problem: > xs1# rm /usr/bin/login > override r-sr-xr-x root/bin schg for /usr/bin/login? y > rm: /usr/bin/login: Operation not permitted chmod 777 /usr/bin/login; rm -rf /usr/bin/login Jamie If Zeno's paradox is true, then how did he get halfway there in the first place?