On Sun, 2007-11-11 at 19:26 -0600, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Simon Slater wrote: > > G'day all, > > A quick question about a USB stick that is used between FC6, F7 and > > Win98 boxes. In the last week it has become read-only. I can't change > > permissions as root. Any file or directory on it that is selected also > > is tagged with a lock icon and is read-only. How can it be changed to > > read-write? > > > Dumb question - is it read-only in Windows too? If so, does it have > a little switch hidden away somewhere that makes the drive > read-only? What does /var/log/messages how when you plug it in? > > Mikkel Not so dumb. It is read-write in Win98. I looked at /var/log/messages and could not make sense of it. Here it is: Nov 12 12:44:30 Ipex kernel: audit(1194831868.948:26): avc: denied { getattr } for pid=1963 comm="hald" name="auto.misc" dev=dm-0 ino=457119 scontext=system_u:system_r:hald_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:automount_etc_t:s0 tclass=file Nov 12 12:44:30 Ipex kernel: usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 2 Nov 12 12:44:30 Ipex kernel: scsi 0:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to dead device Nov 12 12:44:35 Ipex kernel: usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3 Nov 12 12:44:36 Ipex kernel: usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Nov 12 12:44:36 Ipex kernel: scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Nov 12 12:44:41 Ipex kernel: Vendor: USB 2.0 Model: Flash Disk Rev: 1100 Nov 12 12:44:41 Ipex kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Nov 12 12:44:41 Ipex kernel: SCSI device sda: 506880 512-byte hdwr sectors (260 MB) Nov 12 12:44:41 Ipex kernel: sda: Write Protect is off Nov 12 12:44:41 Ipex kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through Nov 12 12:44:41 Ipex kernel: SCSI device sda: 506880 512-byte hdwr sectors (260 MB) Nov 12 12:44:41 Ipex kernel: sda: Write Protect is off Nov 12 12:44:41 Ipex kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through Nov 12 12:44:41 Ipex kernel: sda: unknown partition table Nov 12 12:44:41 Ipex kernel: sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sda Nov 12 12:44:41 Ipex kernel: sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0 Nov 12 12:44:43 Ipex kernel: audit(1194831883.503:27): avc: denied { getattr } for pid=1963 comm="hald" name="auto.misc" dev=dm-0 ino=457119 scontext=system_u:system_r:hald_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:automount_etc_t:s0 tclass=file Nov 12 12:44:50 Ipex kernel: SELinux: initialized (dev sda, type vfat), uses genfs_contexts Nov 12 12:44:50 Ipex kernel: audit(1194831890.474:28): avc: denied { getattr } for pid=1963 comm="hald" name="auto.misc" dev=dm-0 ino=457119 scontext=system_u:system_r:hald_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:automount_etc_t:s0 tclass=file Nov 12 12:44:50 Ipex hald: mounted /dev/sda on behalf of uid 500 Nov 12 12:44:52 Ipex kernel: FAT: Filesystem panic (dev sda) Nov 12 12:44:52 Ipex kernel: fat_get_cluster: invalid cluster chain (i_pos 0) Nov 12 12:44:52 Ipex kernel: File system has been set read-only Mean anything to you? -- Regards Simon -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list