Hi datasoftvsp!
On Fri, 08 Mar 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> thanks for all your input
> i tried chattr -i iptables - no error message
> still cannot delete rm -f iptables doesnt work. says cannot unlink iptables
> permission denied
LIDS/other security patch in effect?
partition mounted ro?

> i also tried rpm -e of course at the start
> if i type iptables -L it complains of some  iptables.o somewhere
> i tried chmod +w iptables
> tried booting thru linux rescue disk mounting under sysimage etc & deleting
> no joy
> can u help

First off do a `find / -type f -name iptables' to be sure what you actually
want to delete. Then check that the partition on which the found binary lies
is rw. If ext{2,3} do the above check.

I see no other reason in the case of booting from a rescue disk.

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Teodor CIMPOESU 
Software Developer, GeCAD Software 
http://www.gecadsoftware.com, http://www.ravantivirus.com

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