Florian Kulzer said the following on 10.10.2006 10:00: > On Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 00:19:35 +0200, Tobias Niemann wrote: > > [...] > >> If I perform as root >> >> # ls -lad /var/lib/python-support/python2.3/pygtk.pth >> dr-xrwsrwx 2 17996 34912 49152 1970-01-03 07:36 >> /var/lib/python-support/python2.3/pygtk.pth >> >> (weired user, group, permissions, size and date) >> and then >> >> # rmdir /var/lib/python-support/python2.3/pygtk.pth >> rmdir: /var/lib/python-support/python2.3/pygtk.pth: Operation not permitted >> >> how's about a chown? >> >> # chown -R root. /var/lib/python-support/python2.3/pygtk.pth >> chown: changing ownership of >> `/var/lib/python-support/python2.3/pygtk.pth': Operation not permitted > > [...] > >> I guess you get the idea, I'm not allowed to perform any operation on >> that directory. An "fsck.ext3 -f .." did complete without errors but I >> guess it's a relict of my last crash about two weeks ago (my CPU was the >> reason not the OS). I also wasn't able to delete the directory from >> within knoppix. >> >> I'm very much clueless, any help is appreciated. How can I get rid of >> the directory? > > Is this an ext2/3 filesystem? In that case your problem might be due to > the "immutable" or "undeletable" attribute being set. You can check this > with "lsattr" and change it with "chattr". Both utilities are in the > package "e2fsprogs". I had a similar problem once after a minor > filesystem corruption, so you might also want to check the health of > your hard disk with "smartmontools".
Never heard of those attributes before, thanks for the tip. Yes, it is an ext3 filesystem. This is what lsattr showed: # lsattr -d /var/lib/python-support/python2.3/pygtk.pth ----i--Ac-Z-E---- /var/lib/python-support/python2.3/pygtk.pth Obviously there was the immutable flag set so I performed a # chattr -i /var/lib/python-support/python2.3/pygtk.pth to get rid of that flag and to get # lsattr -d /var/lib/python-support/python2.3/pygtk.pth -------Ac-Z-E---- /var/lib/python-support/python2.3/pygtk.pth and therefore to be able to # rmdir /var/lib/python-support/python2.3/pygtk.pth with the result # ls -la /var/lib/python-support/python2.3/pygtk.pth ls: /var/lib/python-support/python2.3/pygtk.pth: No such file or directory Always sweet to learn something new, even if it is in a situation like this one. Thanks a lot! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
