Re: can't remove dir

[Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 17 Oct 2007, Louis-David Mitterrand wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 09:14:25AM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> > Louis-David Mitterrand wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > While cleaning up /lost+found a directory resisted removal:
> > >
> > >         sylla:/lost+found# rm 1879629858 -rf
> > >         rm: cannot remove directory `1879629858': Directory not empty
> > >
> > > The directory _is_ empty and "-rf" should remove it anyway, so this
> > > looks like a fs error.
> > >
> > > This is on debian unstable with 2.6.23-rc6.
> >
> > Any errors in the system logs?  I'd try most recent xfs_repair next.  If
> > that doesn't fix it, make an xfs_metadump for Barry to look at.  :)
> > Make a backup first if you're paranoid.
>
> Hi again,
>
> Using a 2.6.23 kernel and after a clean xfs_repair-2.9.4 run I can't
> remove that file:
>
> sylla:/# rm /lost+found/3912672557
> rm: cannot remove `/lost+found/3912672557': Operation not permitted
>
> sylla:/# ls -li /lost+found/3912672557
> 3912672557 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2006-04-09 19:10 /lost+found/3912672557 -> 
> unix.7.gz

lsattr -l /lost+found/3912672557

Shows?