Anth Courtney wrote: > Hey guys, > > A directory listing on /usr/bin/ezmlm-* shows the following > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3570 May 4 1999 ezmlm-glmake > c-wxrwxrwT 29487 512179779 1045704238 0, 0 Jan 1 1970 ezmlmglrc > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1285 May 4 1999 ezmlm-grant > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 20620 May 4 1999 ezmlm-idx > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 13492 May 4 1999 ezmlm-issubn > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 12748 May 4 1999 ezmlm-list > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 18172 May 4 1999 ezmlm-make > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 48020 May 4 1999 ezmlm-manage > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6513 May 4 1999 ezmlm-mktab > c-wxrwxrwT 1 587087427 1044587626 36, 229 Jan 1 1970 > ezmlm-moderate c-wxrwxrwT 1 587087427 1044587626 36, 229 Jan 1 > 1970 ezmlm-old c-wxrwxrwT 1 587087427 1044587771 37, 4 Jan 1 > 1970 ezmlmrc c-wxrwxrwT 1 2554412611 1046291679 36, 237 Jan 1 > 1970 ezmlm-receipt > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 17172 May 4 1999 ezmlm-reject > c-wxrwxrwT 1 587087427 1044587745 36, 242 Jan 1 1970 > ezmlm-request > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 25684 May 4 1999 ezmlm-return > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 36332 May 4 1999 ezmlm-send > c-wxrwxrwT 1 15939 74987 36, 250 Jan 1 1970 ezmlm-split > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 30844 May 4 1999 ezmlm-store > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 16292 May 4 1999 ezmlm-sub > c-wxrwxrwT 1 587087427 1044587775 0, 0 Jan 1 1970 ezmlmsubrc > c-wxrwxrwT 1 954351171 1045113791 0, 0 Jan 1 1970 > ezmlm-tstdig > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 16148 May 4 1999 ezmlm-unsub > > As you can see, some of these binaries seem to be absolutely foobar'd, > displaying what looks like inode information rather than attributes. > > An rm on them fails, with an 'operation not permitted'. > > I can't shutdown the box to run fsck on the partition (it's remote > and it's uptime is important). > > Can anyone suggest some things to try? I'm braced for really obvious > suggestions that I should have already tried :) > > cheers, > Anth Well, the c at the beginning says that they are character (device) files. I would do an ls -l ezlm-* > /tmp/foo and do a vi /tmp/foo. The reason being that if they are as really messed-up as they appear you might have hidden characters in the filename. I have seen instances where you get control-characters in the filename that you can't see with listing the files on the screen. I would also try to find out where the files came from. Removing them is ok, but if they are part of a package(qmail perhaps?), this could present a problem down the road. You might also have to shutdown the service that is accessing them, fuser <filename> should tell you this.
If you are confident that they should not be there, you can always do an unlink <filename> if removing doesn't work. JMF James Francis TechRx Inc. 530 Lindbergh Dr. Coraopolis, Pa. 15108 Phone: (412) 474-1078 Fax: (412) 474-1074 This E-mail message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply E-mail, and destroy all copies of the original message. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
