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Ukuntu 04-07-2009 09:27 AM
Can't Modify .bashrc as root
 
On one of my client's servers I attempted to modify ~/.bashrc as root to add in some aliases and update $PATH

Well on this particular system, for some reason all the /root SSH profile files are read only and I cannot modify. When I open them in VI it says read only and :w! fails.

I checked and the user:group is root:root and the permissions are 0644. I attempted to chmod it to 777 and I got permission denied.

Anyone have any clue?

Robhogg 04-07-2009 09:54 AM
What are the results of:

Code:
lsattr .bashrc
?

If the output contains an i like in "----i-------------- .bashrc" then the "immutable" bit is set, which prevents any changes being made. If so, execute:

Code:
chattr -i .bashrc
You will need to be root, or use sudo, to do this.

Edited to add: you could also try getfacl .bashrc to check whether an access control list has been set.

Ukuntu 04-07-2009 09:58 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Robhogg (Post 3501243)
What are the results of:

Code:
lsattr .bashrc
?

If the output contains an i like in "----i-------------- .bashrc" then the "immutable" bit is set, which prevents any changes being made. If so, execute:

Code:
chattr -i .bashrc
You will need to be root, or use sudo, to do this.
That worked. Thank you very much. :)


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