Unable to delete empty directory /var/tmp/temproot

[Sergey 'DoubleF' Zaharchenko]

On Mon, 3 Nov 2003 21:34:05 -0000 "David Jenkins" <dstar at nildram.co.uk> probably wrote:

> >On Mon, 3 Nov 2003, David Jenkins wrote:
> 
> >
> >I have also tried:
> >
> > # chflags noschg empty/
> > chflags: empty/: Operation not permitted
> > chflags: empty/: Operation not permitted
> >
> > # chmod -R 0700 empty/
> > chmod: empty/: Operation not permitted
> >
> > Please could someone point me in the right direction with this.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >You raised the security level. Immutable flag can't be removed if 
> >securelevel > 0.
> 
> >Boot into single user mode, then chflags noschg empty/
> 
> 
> >		Fer
> 
> I booted to single user mode from the boot prompt, but was unable to do
> anything inside var because there were no directories there!?

You should have mounted it (and /usr, where chflags lives). Even better,
do a

# mount -a

> So, I booted to full mode then did
> 
> # init 1
> 
> Here, I tried as you suggested but yet again I got the same error.
> 
> Also, when I boot up I have kern_securelevel="0" set in my rc.conf,
> which is not > 0

It will be set to 1 when going multiuser. Make it "-1" to prevent that.

-- 
DoubleF
"Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain."
		-- Lily Tomlin
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