Thank God for backups!

[Tab Gilbert]

> Just delete the contents of /var/backup

 /var/backup/
 /var/backups/

There are two "backup" folders

the  /var/backup/ is locked, has lock icon on it, even under knoppix
the  /var/backups/ can be deleted without a problem

I followed the instructions I found on reading and writing to a disk
using knoppix but I can not figure out how to "unlock" the
/var/backup/.   I removed some items and the Sir Bill side will boot
so the disk space problem is taken care of.  Any suggestions would be
appreciated.

thanks
tab