"Colin R. Telmer" wrote: > As root can you chmod 700 drafts and then try rm -f drafts?
I've tried stuff like bash-2.00# chmod 666 drafts chmod: drafts: Operation not permitted bash-2.00# touch drafts2; chmod 777 drafts2; mv drafts2 drafts ; rm drafts mv: cannot move `drafts2' to `drafts': Operation not permitted rm: drafts: Operation not permitted bash-2.00# mv drafts /tmp mv: cannot move `drafts' to `/tmp/drafts': Operation not permitted bash-2.00# chattr -i drafts chattr 1.10, 24-Apr-97 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09 chattr: No such device while reading flags on drafts bash-2.00# cat > debugfs-cmd kill_file /root/Mail/drafts ^D bash-2.00# debugfs -f ./debugfs-cmd /dev/sda3 debugfs: kill_file /root/Mail/drafts Kill file by inode 14930 538976304 Illegal block number passed to ext2fs_unmark_block_bitmap #538976304 for block bitmap for /dev/sda3 807411744 Illegal block number passed to ext2fs_unmark_block_bitmap #807411744 for block bitmap for /dev/sda3 538976288 Illegal block number passed to ext2fs_unmark_block_bitmap #538976288 for block bitmap for /dev/sda3 170926112 Illegal block number passed to ext2fs_unmark_block_bitmap #170926112 for block bitmap for /dev/sda3 1953067607 Illegal block number passed to ext2fs_unmark_block_bitmap #1953067607 for block bitmap for /dev/sda3 540701541 Illegal block number passed to ext2fs_unmark_block_bitmap #540701541 for block bitmap for /dev/sda3 538976288 Illegal block number passed to ext2fs_unmark_block_bitmap #538976288 for block bitmap for /dev/sda3 538976304 Illegal block number passed to ext2fs_unmark_block_bitmap #538976304 for block bitmap for /dev/sda3 807411744 Illegal block number passed to ext2fs_unmark_block_bitmap #807411744 for block bitmap for /dev/sda3 538976288 Illegal block number passed to ext2fs_unmark_block_bitmap #538976288 for block bitmap for /dev/sda3 540024864 Illegal block number passed to ext2fs_unmark_block_bitmap #540024864 for block bitmap for /dev/sda3 538976288 Illegal block number passed to ext2fs_unmark_block_bitmap #538976288 for block bitmap for /dev/sda3 538980384 Illegal block number passed to ext2fs_unmark_block_bitmap #538980384 for block bitmap for /dev/sda3 538976288 Illegal block number passed to ext2fs_unmark_block_bitmap #538976288 for block bitmap for /dev/sda3 538976304 Illegal block number passed to ext2fs_unmark_block_bitmap #538976304 for block bitmap for /dev/sda3 ext2fs_write_inode_bitmap: Attempt to write to filesystem opened read-only ext2fs_write_block_bitmap: Attempt to write to filesystem opened read-only ext2fs_close: Attempt to write to filesystem opened read-only Nothing works! -- Peter Galbraith, research scientist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Maurice-Lamontagne Institute, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada P.O. Box 1000, Mont-Joli Qc, G5H 3Z4 Canada 418-775-0852 - FAX 418-775-0546 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

