Cannot delete a folder recursively even as root

[Bridger Dyson-Smith]

Hi Martin,

On Sun, Feb 16, 2025, 11:52 AM Martin Ivanov <marto1980 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> I have dfly version 6 installed. I created a folder named /compat/freebsd
> under /, where I unpacked the recent freebsd base package in the hope to
> reconcile problems with freebsd deps. Now I have given up on that and I
> want to delete the /compat/freebsd directory. However, what I get is:
>
> root at dragonfly:/home/marto # rm -rf /compat
> recursively remove /compat? y
> rm: /compat/freebsd/sbin/init: Operation not permitted
> rm: /compat/freebsd/sbin: Directory not empty
> rm: /compat/freebsd/usr/bin/crontab: Operation not permitted
> rm: /compat/freebsd/usr/bin/passwd: Operation not permitted
> rm: /compat/freebsd/usr/bin/su: Operation not permitted
> rm: /compat/freebsd/usr/bin/login: Operation not permitted
> rm: /compat/freebsd/usr/bin/chpass: Operation not permitted
> rm: /compat/freebsd/usr/bin: Directory not empty
> rm: /compat/freebsd/usr: Directory not empty
> rm: /compat/freebsd/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Operation not permitted
> rm: /compat/freebsd/libexec/ld-elf32.so.1: Operation not permitted
> rm: /compat/freebsd/libexec: Directory not empty
> rm: /compat/freebsd/var/empty: Operation not permitted
> rm: /compat/freebsd/var: Directory not empty
> rm: /compat/freebsd/lib/libthr.so.3: Operation not permitted
> rm: /compat/freebsd/lib/librt.so.1: Operation not permitted
> rm: /compat/freebsd/lib/libc.so.7: Operation not permitted
> rm: /compat/freebsd/lib/libcrypt.so.5: Operation not permitted
> rm: /compat/freebsd/lib: Directory not empty
> rm: /compat/freebsd: Directory not empty
> rm: /compat: Directory not empty
>
> What is going on? Any ideas will be appreciated.
>

Possibly a permissions issue? `sudo` or `su` to root?

>
> Best regards,
> Martin
>

Best,
Bridger

>
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