Judging by the prompt, they are logged in as root. if you are root, try this:
lsattr /etc/rc.d/rc.local (and man lsattr might be useful too :) ) there are another level of permissions that it is possible to use, though often those permissions are not used. kristina On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 07:59:13AM -0500, Mike Burger wrote: - On Tue, 15 Oct 2002, Blaq hacka wrote: - - > hi all - > - > [root@hacka test]# ls -al /etc/rc.d/rc.local - > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 961 Oct 15 10:17 /etc/rc.d/rc.local - > [root@hacka test]# chmod 0600 /etc/rc.d/rc.local - > chmod: /etc/rc.d/rc.local: Operation not permitted - > - > i want to edit this file .. any ideas on what i should do !!i have tried most chmod options but no hope ... can any one set some light on waht i should do !!!! - > - > blaq hacka - - Yeah...you need to be root to edit the file. - - Log in as root. - - -- - Mike Burger - http://www.bubbanfriends.org - - Visit the Dog Pound II BBS - telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org:2000 - - - - -- - redhat-list mailing list - unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe - https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list