peculiar problem: can't change inetd.conf file

sharathg786 · 08-18-2006, 02:47 AM

Hi, i'm using slackware 10.2, this is kind of peculiar to me, the problem is i'm not able to edit the /etc/inetd.conf file even as root, i've checked the permission it has rw access to root, but the vi editor says the file is readonly.
what could be the problem? i just wanted to uncomment the telnet part of the file.

Tinkster · 08-18-2006, 02:56 AM

In the session you're in ... what's the output of
id
and
ls -l /etc/inetd.conf

Cheers,
Tink

sharathg786 · 08-18-2006, 06:45 AM

thanx for the reply, here's the output of id:

uid=400(sharath) gid=500(sharathg) groups=500(sharathg),11(floppy),17(audio),18(video),19(cdrom)

and ls -l /etc/inetd.conf

-rw------- 1 root root 4606 2006-08-07 00:44 /etc/inetd.conf

gilead · 08-18-2006, 02:13 PM

If it's an ext2/ext3 file system, have you tried this:

Code:

chattr -V -i /etc/inetd.conf

Tinkster · 08-18-2006, 04:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sharathg786

thanx for the reply, here's the output of id:

uid=400(sharath) gid=500(sharathg) groups=500(sharathg),11(floppy),17(audio),18(video),19(cdrom)

and ls -l /etc/inetd.conf

-rw------- 1 root root 4606 2006-08-07 00:44 /etc/inetd.conf

That quite clearly states that you're NOT root? Odd enough
that you don't get "permission denied", though.

Cheers,
Tink

sharathg786 · 08-20-2006, 07:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gilead

If it's an ext2/ext3 file system, have you tried this:

Code:

chattr -V -i /etc/inetd.conf

thanx, this helped!