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

[Ben Creitz]

On 4/6/07, Palmer <cliff at palmercs.com> wrote:
> 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.

This is a long shot, but is the immutable bit set on the directory?

  man lsattr
  man chattr

Ben