cannot remove own file from tmp

Subhro subhro.kar at gmail.com
Thu Aug 26 03:45:39 PDT 2004


Your / is mounted as read only and that is most likely creating
problems. Try mounting it with rw and go ahead. Let us know if that
worked.

Regards.
S.

On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 12:40:36 +0200 (MEST), Mipam <mipam at ibb.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Aug 2004, Subhro wrote:
> 
> > Silly me :-(, Login as root and type "mount" without the "s. Also
> > could we have a listing of /etc/fstab and uname -a.
> 
> $ mount
> /dev/wd0f on / (local, read-only)
> /dev/wd0a on /config (local)
> /dev/wd0d on /var (local)
> /dev/wd0e on /opt (local)
> procfs on /proc (local)
> 
> /etc/fstab:
> 
> /dev/wd0a       /config         ufs     rw 1 2
> /dev/wd0b       none            swap    sw 0 0
> /dev/wd0d       /var            ufs     rw 1 2
> /dev/wd0e       /opt            ufs     rw 1 2
> /dev/wd0f       /               ufs     ro 1 1
> proc            /proc           procfs  rw 0 0
> 
> In / i do ls -l:
> 
> lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel     8 Aug 25 13:30 tmp -> var/tmp2
> 
> in /var i do ls -l:
> 
> drwxrwxrwt  5 root     wheel  1024 Aug 26 12:38 tmp2
> 
> 
> 
> Bye,
> 
> Mipam.
> 
> >
> > Regards
> > S.
> >
> > On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 12:34:23 +0200 (MEST), Mipam <mipam at ibb.net> wrote:
> > > On Thu, 26 Aug 2004, Subhro wrote:
> > >
> > > > Could we have a look at mount -a please?
> > >
> > > /dev/wd0a on /config: Operation not permitted
> > > /dev/wd0d on /var: Operation not permitted
> > > /dev/wd0e on /opt: Operation not permitted
> > > /dev/wd0f on /: Operation not permitted
> > > procfs: Operation not permitted
> > >
> > > Bye,
> > >
> > > Mipam.
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Regards
> > > > S.
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 12:18:06 +0200 (MEST), Mipam <mipam at ibb.net> wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > I have a system where tmp is a symlink to /var/tmp
> > > > > The permissions or /var/tmp are as follows:
> > > > > (doing a ls -l in /tmp):
> > > > > drwxrwxrwt  3 root     wheel   512 Aug 26 11:48 tmp
> > > > >
> > > > > in tmp is created a file test:
> > > > >
> > > > > ls -lo test
> > > > >
> > > > > -rw-rw-r--  1 mipam  wheel  -   8 Aug 26 11:46 test
> > > > >
> > > > > However, i cannot remove this file as mipam eventhough i own it.
> > > > > No chflags have been said as can be seen.
> > > > > How is this possible, why can i not remove a file in here eventhough
> > > > > i created it myself and own it myself?
> > > > > Bye,
> > > > >
> > > > > Mipam.
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> > > > --
> > > > Subhro Sankha Kar
> > > > School of Information Technology
> > > > Block AQ-13/1 Sector V
> > > > ZIP 700091
> > > > India
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Subhro Sankha Kar
> > School of Information Technology
> > Block AQ-13/1 Sector V
> > ZIP 700091
> > India
> >
> 


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Subhro Sankha Kar
School of Information Technology
Block AQ-13/1 Sector V
ZIP 700091
India


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