Your directory is under a fileset with non-compliant iam mode. With fileset in that mode, it follows snapLock protocol - it disallows changing subdir to immutable, but allows changing subdir to mutable.
Regards, The Spectrum Scale (GPFS) team ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ If you feel that your question can benefit other users of Spectrum Scale (GPFS), then please post it to the public IBM developerWroks Forum at https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/forums/html/forum?id=11111111-0000-0000-0000-000000000479 . If your query concerns a potential software error in Spectrum Scale (GPFS) and you have an IBM software maintenance contract please contact 1-800-237-5511 in the United States or your local IBM Service Center in other countries. The forum is informally monitored as time permits and should not be used for priority messages to the Spectrum Scale (GPFS) team. From: "Paul Ward" <p.w...@nhm.ac.uk> To: "gpfsug main discussion list" <gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org> Date: 02/23/2022 07:17 AM Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [gpfsug-discuss] immutable folder Sent by: gpfsug-discuss-boun...@spectrumscale.org Thanks, I couldn’t recreate that test: # mkdir "it/stu'pid name" mkdir: cannot create directory ‘it/stu'pid name’: No such file or directory [Removing the / ] # mkdir "itstu'pid name" ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart This Message Is From an External Sender This message came from outside your organization. ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd Thanks, I couldn’t recreate that test: # mkdir "it/stu'pid name" mkdir: cannot create directory ‘it/stu'pid name’: No such file or directory [Removing the / ] # mkdir "itstu'pid name" # mmchattr -i yes itstu\'pid\ name/ itstu'pid name/: Change immutable flag failed: Invalid argument. Can not set directory to be immutable or appendOnly under current fileset mode! Which begs the question, how do I have an immutable folder! Kindest regards, Paul Paul Ward TS Infrastructure Architect Natural History Museum T: 02079426450 E: p.w...@nhm.ac.uk From: gpfsug-discuss-boun...@spectrumscale.org <gpfsug-discuss-boun...@spectrumscale.org> On Behalf Of Hannappel, Juergen Sent: 23 February 2022 11:49 To: gpfsug main discussion list <gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org> Subject: Re: [gpfsug-discuss] immutable folder While the apostrophe is evil it's not the problem: root@it-gti-02 test1]# mkdir "it/stu'pid name" [root@it-gti-02 test1]# mmchattr -i yes it/stu\'pid\ name [root@it-gti-02 test1]# mmchattr -i no it/stu\'pid\ name From: "Paul Ward" <p.w...@nhm.ac.uk> To: "gpfsug main discussion list" <gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org> Sent: Wednesday, 23 February, 2022 12:03:37 Subject: Re: [gpfsug-discuss] immutable folder Its not a fileset, its just a folder, well a subfolder… [filesystem/[fileset]/share/data/iac/[user] 2004-2014/Laboratory Impact experiments/LGG shots/Kent LGG/Kent aerogel LGG shots/Lizardite in aerogel/Nick Foster's sample It’s the “Nick Foster's sample” folder I want to delete, but it says it is immutable and I can’t disable that. I suspect it’s the apostrophe confusing things. Kindest regards, Paul Paul Ward TS Infrastructure Architect Natural History Museum T: 02079426450 E: p.w...@nhm.ac.uk From: gpfsug-discuss-boun...@spectrumscale.org < gpfsug-discuss-boun...@spectrumscale.org> On Behalf Of IBM Spectrum Scale Sent: 22 February 2022 14:17 To: gpfsug main discussion list <gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org> Subject: Re: [gpfsug-discuss] immutable folder Scale disallows deleting fileset junction using rmdir, so I suggested mmunlinkfileset. Regards, The Spectrum Scale (GPFS) team ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ If you feel that your question can benefit other users of Spectrum Scale (GPFS), then please post it to the public IBM developerWroks Forum at https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/forums/html/forum?id=11111111-0000-0000-0000-000000000479 . If your query concerns a potential software error in Spectrum Scale (GPFS) and you have an IBM software maintenance contract please contact 1-800-237-5511 in the United States or your local IBM Service Center in other countries. The forum is informally monitored as time permits and should not be used for priority messages to the Spectrum Scale (GPFS) team. From: "Paul Ward" <p.w...@nhm.ac.uk> To: "gpfsug main discussion list" <gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org > Date: 02/22/2022 05:31 AM Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [gpfsug-discuss] immutable folder Sent by: gpfsug-discuss-boun...@spectrumscale.org _______________________________________________ gpfsug-discuss mailing list gpfsug-discuss at spectrumscale.org http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss _______________________________________________ gpfsug-discuss mailing list gpfsug-discuss at spectrumscale.org http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss
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