# ls -l RG*
-rw----rw- 1 268 lisgroup 0 Oct 31 09:55 RGI57-INFO
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root lisgroup 204 Oct 31 09:55 RGI57-QUEUE
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root lisgroup 900 Oct 31 09:58 RGI57-TEMP
# rm RGI57-QUEUE
rm: RGI57-QUEUE not removed. Permission denied
# ls -l RGI*
-rw----rw- 1 268 lisgroup 0 Oct 31 09:55 RGI57-INFO
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root lisgroup 204 Oct 31 09:55 RGI57-QUEUE
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root lisgroup 900 Oct 31 09:58 RGI57-TEMP
# chmod 777 RGI57-QUEUE
chmod: can't change RGI57-QUEUE: I/O error
#


File was created on the HP-UX system and written on an NFs mounted Novell partition. File can't be deleted from the DOS side nor the HP-UX side. Can't chmod, can't chown. Even as root or container admin on the Novell side!

Anyone seen this? and how can I get rid of it?

Resolution for anyone who might be interested... a process crashed on the Novell side and was holding the file open. Since NFS is stateless, the fuser command doesn't work. So while it looked like it was not in use from the HP-UX side, the Novell side where the file really lives, was saying "no" to any type of modification.