Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Tue, 6 Oct 1998 12:25:24 -0700 (PDT) | | From | Simon Kirby <> | | Subject | Re: unremovable files and possible fs corruption (2.1.123) |
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On Tue, 6 Oct 1998, Stephen C. Tweedie wrote:
> Hi, > > On Mon, 5 Oct 1998 22:20:29 +0200 (SAT), Chris the Elder > <chippo@cdsec.com> said: > > > But now for the intersting bit: at various places in the filesystem are to > > be found files like: > > > b--xr-srwt 1 28268 25967 101, 111 Sep 9 2028 kcontrol > > > These files, however are un-removable: > > > [root@chippo lost+found]# rm -f "#116588" > > rm: #116588: Operation not permitted > > Try "lsattr" and see if the immutable bit is set on the files. If so, > "chattr -i <filenames>" will clear the bit, and the files will be > deletable again.
Unfortunately, you cannot chattr device files. The only way of erasing these now is to use "debugfs" (part of ext2-utils). I heard the new (1.12) ext2 fsck fixes these files somehow, but I'm not sure if it's true or not. I had a server at work with bad RAM do this on me, and debugfs let me clear it up without any problems.
Simon-
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