Re: Weird ext2fs immortal directory bug

> > sentry21@Petra:1:/$ sudo rm -rf lost+found/
> > rm: cannot unlink `lost+found/#3147': Operation not permitted
> > rm: cannot remove directory `lost+found': Directory not empty
>
> Perhaps:
>
> debugfs -w <your root filesystem>
> unlink /lost+found/#3147

root@Petra:0:~# debugfs -w /
debugfs 1.22, 22-Jun-2001 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09
/: Is a directory while opening filesystem
debugfs:  ^D

root@Petra:0:~# debugfs -w /dev/hda5
debugfs 1.22, 22-Jun-2001 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09
debugfs:  unlink /lost+found/#3147
debugfs:  ^D

root@Petra:0:~# cd /lost+found/

root@Petra:0:/lost+found# ls -l
total 0
lr----S---    1 52       12337           0 Nov  1  2022 #3147 ->
root@Petra:0:/lost+found#

Apparantly I wasn't joking when I said 'immortal'.

--Dan