Rick,
Thanks, but I tried all that . I cannot change the ownership nor the
permissions ( as root ) .
Maybe I can give root temporary "rpm" permissions (group member) ? I am
not sure this will work or if I dare.
Thing is, that at startup the system cannot remove these files either.
I was wondering if I could run "fsck" or something on an mounted system
( or specific directory ).
Possibly these are not really files, but just corrupted entries ?
I am open to suggestions ... ( formatting is not an option :-b )
Rolf
replies-lists-redhat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
you need to fix the ownerships/permissions on those files. they are
owned/grouped by/to 1 (which is probably bin) and rpm, with only the
group (rpm) able to write/delete them (and not all of them at that).
bin isn't in the group rpm by default.
i'd just likely change them to be owned by root and make them writable
by owner, and then delete them. **all with appropriate care of
course**.
- Rick
------------ Original Message ------------
Date: Saturday, January 06, 2007 07:01:17 PM +0100
From: Rolf Gerrits <rm.gerrits@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: cannot remove files from /tmp
I have a problem removing files from the /tmp directory ...
At startup the system cannot remove them either
<snip>
------s-w- 1 rpm 20752 16384 Jan 15 1971 linc-160f-0-2c899751e4a49
-----ws--x 1 rpm 49661 16384 Jan 1 1970 linc-d19-0-5e596cf89dd0e
-----ws--x 1 rpm 49661 16384 Jan 1 1970 linc-d1b-0-5e596cf865a39
-----ws--x 1 rpm 49661 8192 Jan 1 1970 linc-d38-0-5fcf32a247496
-----ws--x 1 rpm 49661 16384 Jan 1 1970
OSL_PIPE_500_SingleOfficeIPC_5c953c8cde59b25240dbf8a4df6a2ff6
------Sr-- 1 rpm 16832 28672 Jan 1 1970 virtual-rolf.usyUMr
<snip>
This probably happened with the recent crashes I have with my FC4/6
system ( or maybe they are the cause of it ? )
.... any suggestions ?
Rolf
