Unable to remove files when "a" (append) attribute set on file or directory.
Issue
- Issuing
rmcommand results in the below error.
# lsattr -D example/
-----a-------e-- example/
# rm test
rm: remove regular empty file ‘test’? y
rm: cannot remove ‘test’: Operation not permitted
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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