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From: gera@demos.su (Gera Bragin)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: rm <file> as root impossible ?!
Date: 21 Nov 1995 21:36:37 GMT
Organization: Demos Plus Co.
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Ragnar (bowden@cs.odu.edu) wrote:
: 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

Hm.. see man chflags....it must help :)
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Gera Bragin