Originally posted by: sajid1

Hi,

I trying to change permission got below error even from root user it is giving same error.

$ chmod -R 755 oraclestandby
chmod: libobk.a: Operation not permitted.
chmod: libhsnav.so: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
chmod: libhsbase.so: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
chmod: hsdb_ora.so: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
chmod: hsdb_odbc.so: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
chmod: hsdb_syb.so: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
chmod: libnavhoa.a: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
chmod: ldflags: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
chmod: libocci.a.10.1: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
chmod: liborasdk.so: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
chmod: db_export: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
$ su - root
root's Password:

1. cd /vol02
2. chmod -R 755 oraclestandby

chmod: libhsnav.so: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
chmod: libhsbase.so: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
chmod: hsdb_ora.so: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
chmod: hsdb_odbc.so: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
chmod: hsdb_syb.so: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
chmod: libnavhoa.a: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
chmod: ldflags: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
chmod: libocci.a.10.1: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
chmod: liborasdk.so: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
chmod: db_export: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

could it be because they are symbolic links pointing to files that are already gone?

Originally posted by: sajid1

Thanks for reply,

What is the solution how can i sort out it?

Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Hi,

This error means that there are some soft link files to which u can not change the permission because they have very odd permission (lrwxrwxrwx).

U can safely ignore this error.

Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

well, it sounds more like a permissions issue, is it a local filesystem or a NFS one?

can you create a file there?

regards,
esv.