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From: David Newall <david@davidnewall.com>
To: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>,
	Antoine Martin <antoine@nagafix.co.uk>,
	tytso@thunk.org,
	Linux Kernel Development <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: bug in fsck or ext2/ext3?
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 03:46:25 +0930	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <46F7FEF9.2070702@davidnewall.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070924170439.GF8127@redhat.com>

Dave Jones wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 05:56:39PM +0100, Antoine Martin wrote:
>
>  > # rm -fr tmp/chroot.broken
>  > rm: cannot remove directory (...)
>  > Same result when trying to do anything to those files chown/chmod/touch:
>  > "Operation not permitted"
>
> Various files in the directories it complains about have their 'i'
> bit set.  lsattr will show you.   chattr -i those files, and the
> directory is removable again.

Additionally, this is a classic symptom of malware.  A directory  named 
"..." is a big hint.

  reply	other threads:[~2007-09-24 18:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-09-24 16:56 bug in fsck or ext2/ext3? Antoine Martin
2007-09-24 17:04 ` Dave Jones
2007-09-24 18:16   ` David Newall [this message]
2007-09-24 18:21     ` Dave Jones
2007-09-24 17:14 ` Alistair John Strachan

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