[Novalug] Stand me in the corner.. I've been bad

[Ed James]

Just a WAG here - what happens if you mv the bad_... dir away
from root to say, the /tmp dir?  Wondering if being under root
is what's causing the problem, but I've got no REAL reason
to believe so.

Ed James

Quoting Palmer <cliff at palmercs.com>:

> I've tried several things but to no avail..
> lsof bad_software_lives_here
>   produces no output at all
> fuser bad_software_lives_here
>   reports that noone is using the directory
>   (that is, when its not responding with a "segmentation fault" error)
> using the fedora rescue disk then attempting to remove the directory
>   responds with the "Device or Resource Busy" message
> As root, chowning bad_software_lives_here to root:root then
>   chmod 777 bad_software_lives_here
>   works but does produces the same error message when I attempt to rmdir
>
> I appreciate all the input several of you have offered, but I'm still stuck.
> Further ideas will be appreciated.
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