filesystem protection

    Hi there,


    I tried to search for it but was unable to get any result:
    The filesystem can be protected using I-MSCP panel. What do I have to do to remove it for one folder or to set it again?

    ok I found something using chattr +i or chattr -i but for some reasons my Ubuntu 16.04 is telling me that the command "chattr" was not found.


    Any idea how this could happen and how to fix that?

    Quote from UncleSam

    Any idea how this could happen and how to fix that?

    Make sure that the e2fsprogs package is installed on your system.

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    Quote from Nuxwin

    Make sure that the e2fsprogs package is installed on your system.

    hm that is the strange thing, it is installed and i also tried to reinstall it. But chattr is not available. I checked to set it using the webinterface and it seems to work if I do it using I-MSCP panel. So maybe I-MSCP is doing it without chattr?


    Maybe my system is fucked up right now, I do not know but I hope not. But it needs to keep on running till the next Ubuntu Server LTS release is out and I-MSCP is supporting it.

    Quote from UncleSam

    hm that is the strange thing, it is installed and i also tried to reinstall it. But chattr is not available. I checked to set it using the webinterface and it seems to work if I do it using I-MSCP panel. So maybe I-MSCP is doing it without chattr?

    Yes, i-MSCP is doing direct IOCTL(2) calls. ;)

    See also IOCTL_IFLAGS(2) manpage.

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    @Nuxwin ok thanks for the information - currently I think this is broken at my system at the moment (why ever and I have no idea if this can be repaired). But as I do not need it and I-MSCP is doing it without chattr I stay on this system till the new ubuntu arrives and I-MSCP is supporting it.

    @UncleSam


    On your ubuntu, make sure that the /usr/bin path is in your search path. Try also (as root user):

    Shell-Script
    1. # updatedb
    2. # locate chattr

    Once done, retry the chattr ... command.


    Also check result of: ls /usr/bin/chattr command.


    See also following man pages:

    • updatedb(8)
    • locate(1)

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    @Nuxwin already tried all of them but I retried them:

    • /usr/bin (and a lot of more) are in the $PATH variable
    • after updating the search db I was unable to find chattr
    • there is no chattr inside /usr/bin (if there is one the locate command should have found it using root user)
    • I also tested if it is hidden for some reasons, but touch /usr/bin/chattr is working and creating the file

    All in all I think I can survive without having chattr. I already thought to set up a virtual machine and copy the files back to my system but I think currently it is gone for some reasons.

    @UncleSam


    There is something really weird here and I don't like that, even if you can survive ;)


    I've just tried the following:



    So, this should works same on your Ubuntu system.


    See also: https://packages.ubuntu.com/se…=contents&keywords=chattr

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    Ok this is f****** me up right now (sorry for the strong words):


    I tried to reinstall it using aptitude reinstall e2fsprogs which was not working (command said "reinstall complete" but chattr was still not there).
    Now I thought "lets do it exactly how @Nuxwin did it" and it is back again ... so aptitude was not able to reinstall it the correct way but apt-get was ...


    I am using aptitude now for years and prefere it (it is the first thing I install on ubuntu systesm)...