Repost: Cannot remove directory `xpti.dat': Operation not permitted

[Martin Costabel]

Mats Soderstrom wrote:
>
> I posted this earlier asking for help. After a system crash I had to run fsck
> manually on several volumes - for me this is saying "yes" to whatever fsck ask if
> it should fix. Anyway, after a restart the properties of xpti.dat (a mozilla
> component) is changed and I cannot remove it as root. So how do I go about fixing
> this?

This might be a case for debugfs from e2fsprogs. You can unlink any file with this, but you can also screw up your filesystem. Make sure you use the latest version (>=
1.19) and read the man page.

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Martin

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