[svlug] Totally pooched file permissions

DzM svlug at dzm.com
Wed Jan 31 16:20:57 PST 2007


Hey gang -

I have two files in a build directory that have gone ... well ... 
insane. So much so that I can't even fix 'em:

?rws-wSr-- 3540 232000980 232000980 232000980 May  8  1977 xforms

I can't even find a reference that tells me what the "?" in the 
permissions means. And the permissions are badly enough screwed that I 
can't even just remove the file, even as root.. And I can't chmod it to 
something more reasonable.

Anyone have any clever advice about how to just delete the files so I 
can check out fresh ones? These things don't work:

[root at faux2 extensions]# id
uid=0(root) gid=0(root) 
groups=0(root),1(bin),2(daemon),3(sys),4(adm),6(disk),10(wheel)

[root at faux2 extensions]# rm -rf xforms
rm: cannot remove `xforms': Operation not permitted

[root at faux2 extensions]# mv xforms /dev/null
mv: overwrite `/dev/null'? y
mv: `xforms' has unknown file type

[root at faux2 extensions]# file xforms
xforms: ERROR: invalid mode 06724

[root at faux2 extensions]# ls -i
444924 webdav  444926 xforms
[root at faux2 extensions]# find . -inum 444926 -delete
find: cannot delete ./xforms: Operation not permitted

[root at faux2 extensions]# mv xforms /tmp/
mv: `xforms' has unknown file type


Help?




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