Re: unremovable files and possible fs corruption (2.1.123)

Stephen C. Tweedie (sct@redhat.com)
Tue, 6 Oct 1998 15:25:21 +0100


Hi,

On Mon, 5 Oct 1998 22:20:29 +0200 (SAT), Chris the Elder
<chippo@cdsec.com> said:

> But now for the intersting bit: at various places in the filesystem are to
> be found files like:

> b--xr-srwt 1 28268 25967 101, 111 Sep 9 2028 kcontrol

> These files, however are un-removable:

> [root@chippo lost+found]# rm -f "#116588"
> rm: #116588: Operation not permitted

Try "lsattr" and see if the immutable bit is set on the files. If so,
"chattr -i <filenames>" will clear the bit, and the files will be
deletable again.

--Stephen

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