[CentOS] Unable to open group file for writing

Tue Aug 22 17:04:27 UTC 2006
Peter W. Merritt <pwmerritt at weirdwater.org>

Mike Kercher wrote:
> centos-bounces at centos.org <> scribbled on Tuesday, August 22, 2006 10:43
> AM:
> 
>> Ralph Angenendt wrote:
>>> Peter W. Merritt wrote:
>>>> Sorry I forgot that.
>>>> -rw-r--r--  1 root root 655 Aug 21 21:51 /etc/group
>>> Do you have SELinux turned on?
>>>
>>> What is the output of ls -Z /etc/group?
>>>
>>> -rw-r--r--  root     root     system_u:object_r:etc_t /etc/group
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Ralph
>>>
>> SElinux is disabled.
>>    ls -Z /etc/group
>> Sorry, this option can only be used on a SELinux kernel.
>>
>>                                     Peter
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> 
> 
> How about chattr -i /etc/group
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That worked, thanks ! I could have sworn I tried that.
                                             Peter