cannot rm messages operation not permitted
I have a /var/log/messages and /var/log/syslog file that have grow to an unmanageable size (800MB). I am unable to rm, mv, or truncate these log files and receive the error "operation not permitted". I am root and I have shutoff syslogd at start up. What could possibly be preventing root from administering these logs?
I even configured my syslog.conf to write "messages" and "syslog" to temp files instead of the default /var/log/messages and /var/log/syslog respectively and this had no effect. Since then, syslog is turned off.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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