When I try to edit, rename, or change permissions for root .bash_profile, I get permission denied. The permissions showing are 644, owner and group is root. I have this problem only recently on both my cpanel boxes, but not on a non-cpanel box. Any help is appreciated.
You've probably chattr'd the file (or installed a script that did so). You can check with:
lsattr .bash_profile
If it's not all dashes then you need to remove the attribute. It's probably immutable (i), so to remove that you would:
chattr -i .bash_profile
lsattr .bash_profile
If it's not all dashes then you need to remove the attribute. It's probably immutable (i), so to remove that you would:
chattr -i .bash_profile
