Re: vipw: pw_tmp(): Operation not permitted

From: Melvyn Sopacua <freebsd-current_at_webteckies.org>
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 16:59:08 +0100
On Tuesday 02 March 2004 14:08, Erik U. wrote:

> I get this weird error when i try executing vipw:
> [root_at_koti] /home/erik $ vipw
> vipw: pw_tmp(): Operation not permitted
> [root_at_koti] /home/erik $

Operation not permitted is something else then 'permission denied'. Permission 
denied is related to file and network permissions. Operation not permitted 
relates to operations which are disabled in the kernel or by flags on files 
(see chflags(1)). What's the output of:
sysctl kern.securelevel

-- 
Melvyn

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