Inappropriate ioctl for device while reading flags on FILE
Issue
-
Attempting to set special file attributes (e.g. immutable bit) with the
chattrcommand fails with error:chattr: Inappropriate ioctl for device while reading flags on <FILE> -
Attempting to read special file attributes with the
lsattrcommand fails with error:lsattr: Inappropriate ioctl for device while reading flags on <FILE>
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
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