Cannot delete a .sparsebundle on / with permissions drwxr-xr-x@ 6 root wheel
Even running commands as sudo I cannot change the permissions or delete the folder.
sh-3.2# xattr -l filename.sparsebundle/
com.apple.FinderInfo:
00000000 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |........ .......|
00000010 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
OS version
sh-3.2# sw_vers -productVersion
10.15.1
Adding requested information.
sh-3.2# ls -al
total 11
drwxr-xr-x 24 root admin 768 Oct 31 00:49 .
drwxr-xr-x 24 root admin 768 Oct 31 00:49 ..
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root admin 0 Aug 25 00:20 .DS_Store
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 36 Oct 8 13:23 .VolumeIcon.icns -> System/Volumes/Data/.VolumeIcon.icns
---------- 1 root admin 0 Aug 25 00:20 .file
drwx------ 124 root admin 3968 Oct 31 00:55 .fseventsd
drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 64 Aug 25 00:20 .vol
drwxrwxr-x+ 80 root admin 2560 Dec 12 19:27 Applications
drwxr-xr-x 70 root wheel 2240 Oct 31 00:51 Library
drwxrwxrwt 3 root wheel 96 Dec 15 2018 Secomba
drwxr-xr-x@ 8 root wheel 256 Sep 29 22:23 System
drwxr-xr-x 5 root admin 160 Sep 29 22:22 Users
drwxr-xr-x 5 root wheel 160 Dec 12 22:04 Volumes
drwxr-xr-x@ 6 root wheel 192 Oct 8 08:27 filename.sparsebundle
drwxr-xr-x@ 38 root wheel 1216 Oct 31 00:49 bin
drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 64 Aug 25 00:24 cores
dr-xr-xr-x 3 root wheel 5579 Dec 12 21:39 dev
lrwxr-xr-x@ 1 root admin 11 Oct 8 13:18 etc -> private/etc
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 25 Dec 12 21:39 home -> /System/Volumes/Data/home
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 96 Oct 8 13:27 opt
drwxr-xr-x 6 root wheel 192 Oct 31 00:49 private
drwxr-xr-x@ 64 root wheel 2048 Oct 31 00:49 sbin
lrwxr-xr-x@ 1 root admin 11 Oct 8 13:23 tmp -> private/tmp
drwxr-xr-x@ 11 root wheel 352 Oct 8 13:23 usr
lrwxr-xr-x@ 1 root admin 11 Oct 8 13:23 var -> private/var
Error when attempting to delete
sh-3.2# rm -rf filename.sparsebundle/
rm: filename.sparsebundle//token: Read-only file system
....
Checking extended attributes
sh-3.2# ls -laOe filename.sparsebundle
total 256
drwxr-xr-x@ 6 root wheel - 192 Oct 8 08:27 .
drwxr-xr-x 24 root admin sunlnk 768 Oct 31 00:49 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel - 499 Oct 8 08:27 Info.bckup
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel - 499 Oct 8 08:27 Info.plist
drwxr-xr-x 85 root wheel - 2720 Oct 8 08:27 bands
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel - 122368 Oct 8 08:27 token
sh-3.2# rm -rf filename.sparsebundle/ rm: filename.sparsebundle//token: Read-only file system
The sparsebundle probably resides on the read-only mounted system volume of a Catalina boot volume.
- Boot to Recovery Mode.
- (Unlock/mount your main Catalina boot volume with Disk Utility if it is encrypted)
- Open Terminal in the menubar (Utilities > Terminal)
-
cd
to the root of the main system volume (e.g.cd /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD/
) -
List the content with
ls -la
to check whether filename.sparsebundle resides there. - Remove the sparsebundle with
rm -dR filename.sparsebundle
. - Reboot to your main volume.