On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 17:07:17 -0800, Jim Sabatke <jsabatke@execpc.com> wrote:
yoda:/oldSuSe/root # chattr -i ./.bash* yoda:/oldSuSe/root # rm ./.bash* rm: cannot remove `./.bash_history': Operation not permitted yoda:/oldSuSe/root #
... that REALLY surprises me: did you happen to do a 'lsattr' on it again to see if the 'immutable' bit was still set?
OK, I did an lsattr and it still had 'a' set. So I then did a chattr -a and then it deleted. I had no idea these utilities existed.
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