Why root user is not able to modify any files on the system ?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Permission of the file set to 640 still the root user is unable to modify the file.
  • Command chmod fails with error
 permission denied

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7

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