Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 3 Feb 2005 10:43:26 -0500 (EST) | From | linux-os <> | Subject | Re: Query - Regarding strange behaviour. |
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On Thu, 3 Feb 2005, Tim Schmielau wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Feb 2005, Pankaj Agarwal wrote: > >> In my system there's a strange behaviour.... its not allowing me to create >> any file in /usr/bin even as root. Its chmod is set to 755. Its even not >> allowing me to change the chmod value of /usr/bin. The strangest part which >> i felt is ...its shows the owner and group as root when i issue command >> "ls -ld /usr/bin" and not allowing root to create any file or directory >> under /usr/bin and not even allowing to change the chmod value. The error is >> access permission denied... I can change the chmod value of /usr and other >> directories under /usr/...but not of bin.... > > Maybe /usr is mounted read-only?
Hmmm, are distros still 'slicing up' the root file-system? Good point!
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