chmod after installworld

[Jim]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Edward Epstein [mailto:peepstein at canada.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 8:23 AM
> To: Jim; freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: chmod after installworld
>
>
> On October 28, 2003 5:56 am, Jim wrote:
>
> >New to FreeBSD.  Version 4.8 stable.  Fresh install.
> >
> >Why am I allowed to chmod 000 a file after installation (ex:
> /usr/bin/rsh,
> >or /usr/bin/yppasswd), but cannot following a cvsup and
> installworld?  I get
> >an "Operation not allowed" message after updating.
>
> On my system, those files have the immutable bit set. "man
> chflags" will tell
> you how to get rid of that flag so you can chmod the file. It's
> probably a
> good idea to set the flag back once you're done.
>
> I don't know why the behaviour is different between a fresh
> install and an
> installworld, though. Now I'm interested to find out. Hopefully
> someone will
> explain.
>
> Hopefully this is your problem.
>
> -Ed
>

chflags noschg did the trick - many thanks to rp and edward for their
assistance.

> >A listing of the file shows "-r-sr-xr-x root wheel" as the
> permissions and
> >ownership.  The "s" is common to all the files I cannot change (I believe
> >this indicates the suid bit (which is why I'm trying to chmod this in the
> >first place)), but chmod 0000 produces the same results (not allowed).
> >
> >I am logged in as root on the console, am not running ACL,
> yellow pages, or
> >anything else for authentication beyond master.passwd at this
> stage (fresh
> >install).
> >
> >I have looked at the man page for chmod, and searched google, with no
> >results.
> >
> >Please help.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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