On Tue, 5 Feb 2002, Jeff Rizzo wrote:

> br-srws--x  1 1068804182  14316555          1269, 261048 Nov 14  2003 portmasters

A special device file.

> cricket# rm portmasters
> override r-srws--x  1068804182/14316555 for portmasters? y
> rm: portmasters: Operation not permitted

Do a "ls -lo portmasters" to see the file flags. If it doesn't have a "-"
for the flags, look at the chflags(1) manual page. (Although I have never
heard of an immutable or append-only device file.)

   Jeremy C. Reed
   http://www.reedmedia.net/