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From: Oleg Drokin <green@namesys.com>
To: Fong Vang <FVang@Zantaz.com>
Cc: reiserfs-list@namesys.com
Subject: Re: root access complains about permission
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 13:27:22 +0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030912092722.GA4745@namesys.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3F60B916.6040408@zantaz.com>

Hello!

On Thu, Sep 11, 2003 at 11:04:06AM -0700, Fong Vang wrote:
> Any thoughts as to why permission would be denied for root when 
> accessing a file on a ReiserFS file system?  Here's a sample output
> [root@sc15-172-31 log]# id
> 
> uid=0(root) gid=0(root)
> groups=0(root),1(bin),2(daemon),3(sys),4(adm),6(disk),10(wheel)
> [root@sc15-172-31 /root]# cd /var/log
> [root@sc15-172-31 log]# ls
> ls: wtmp: Permission denied

Usually this means you have names that point to nowhere.
You need to run reiserfsck (pick latest one from our site)

> kernel is 2.4.19.  Reiserfs ver 3.6.25.  File system is mounted 
> read-write.  No ACL.  This is a production system that's been up for 2-3 
> months.  Any help would be appreciated.

You may also consider upgrading to at least 2.4.21

Bye,
    Oleg

      parent reply	other threads:[~2003-09-12  9:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-09-11 18:04 root access complains about permission Fong Vang
2003-09-12  0:24 ` Wes Janzen
2003-09-12  9:27 ` Oleg Drokin [this message]

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