On Thu, 9 Aug 2007, Aaron P. Martinez wrote:

> Ted Unangst wrote:
> > On 3/15/06, Jinxi Cheng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >   
> > > Hi, I'm getting operation not permited when I do this:
> > > 
> > > # chflags -R schg /bin
> > > chflags: /bin/chmod: Operation not permitted
> > > chflags: /bin/md5: Operation not permitted
> > > chflags: /bin/mt: Operation not permitted
> > > chflags: /bin/pax: Operation not permitted
> > > chflags: /bin/rksh: Operation not permitted
> > > chflags: /bin/rmd160: Operation not permitted
> > >     
> > 
> > you can't change the flags on immutable files. (hint: you already
> > changed the flag).
> > 
> >   
> I'm experiencing this as well..  I'm using 4.1 fresh install and I haven't set
> (well now i have, that's how i got this message), i hadn't set anything
> immutable and "ls -lo" showed no files in /bin with schg set, but upon running
> the
> 
> #chflags -R schg /bin
> 
> i too get the  above error.  when i do an ls -lo on /bin everything is set
> schg now.
> 
> Do these files somehow have the flag set on them at all times, during install,
> hidden flag until you manually run the command on them?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Aaron

These files are hard linked. The firts link succeeds, but the op on
the second one referring to the same file fails. 

        -Otto

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