[linux-lvm] Directory becomes sticky socket?

[linux-lvm] Directory becomes sticky socket?

[Chad C. Walstrom]

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I'm not sure how this came about, but I cannot remove the directory
/usr/share/doc/libldap2.   

    [09:36:47] chewie@skuld (505)$ ls -lad libldap2 
    s-w--w---T  16806 236536206 1076048101 1084824775 Oct  1  2004 libldap2=
    [09:36:52] chewie@skuld (506)$ file libldap2
    libldap2: sticky socket
    [09:36:58] chewie@skuld (507)$ sudo rm -rf /usr/share/doc/libldap2
    rm: cannot unlink `/usr/share/doc/libldap2': Operation not permitted

System: Debian unstable (Sid)
Kernel: 2.4.17-k7
Filesystem: ext3 on an LVM logical volume (no extra patches to the
kernel, vanilla 2.4.17).

I've tried removing it while root as well with no success.  I've tried
using fsck.{ext2,ext3} with no avail.  I relize that I'm going to have
to do something fairly low-level to the FS to recover this problem.  Any
pointers or suggestions you may have would be quite welcome.

Thanks.

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Re: [linux-lvm] Directory becomes sticky socket?

[William Blunn]

> I'm not sure how this came about, but I cannot remove the directory
> /usr/share/doc/libldap2.   
> 
>     [09:36:47] chewie@skuld (505)$ ls -lad libldap2 
>     s-w--w---T  16806 236536206 1076048101 1084824775 Oct  1  2004 libldap2=
>     [09:36:52] chewie@skuld (506)$ file libldap2
>     libldap2: sticky socket
>     [09:36:58] chewie@skuld (507)$ sudo rm -rf /usr/share/doc/libldap2
>     rm: cannot unlink `/usr/share/doc/libldap2': Operation not permitted
> 
> System: Debian unstable (Sid)
> Kernel: 2.4.17-k7
> Filesystem: ext3 on an LVM logical volume (no extra patches to the
> kernel, vanilla 2.4.17).
> 
> I've tried removing it while root as well with no success.  I've tried
> using fsck.{ext2,ext3} with no avail.  I relize that I'm going to have
> to do something fairly low-level to the FS to recover this problem.  Any
> pointers or suggestions you may have would be quite welcome.

I think: Use "ls -li" to find the object's inode. Then use debugfs to
clear the object's inode. Then fsck it to clear up any hanging bits in
the FS.

Bill

[linux-lvm] Re: Directory becomes sticky socket?

[Nathan E Norman]

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On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 09:44:10AM -0600, Chad C. Walstrom wrote:
> [Note: Please include me in the Cc: of your reply, for expediency's sake.]
> 
> I'm not sure how this came about, but I cannot remove the directory
> /usr/share/doc/libldap2.   
> 
>     [09:36:47] chewie@skuld (505)$ ls -lad libldap2 
>     s-w--w---T  16806 236536206 1076048101 1084824775 Oct  1  2004 libldap2=
>     [09:36:52] chewie@skuld (506)$ file libldap2
>     libldap2: sticky socket
>     [09:36:58] chewie@skuld (507)$ sudo rm -rf /usr/share/doc/libldap2
>     rm: cannot unlink `/usr/share/doc/libldap2': Operation not permitted
> 
> System: Debian unstable (Sid)
> Kernel: 2.4.17-k7
> Filesystem: ext3 on an LVM logical volume (no extra patches to the
> kernel, vanilla 2.4.17).
> 
> I've tried removing it while root as well with no success.  I've tried
> using fsck.{ext2,ext3} with no avail.  I relize that I'm going to have
> to do something fairly low-level to the FS to recover this problem.  Any
> pointers or suggestions you may have would be quite welcome.

# chattr -i /usr/share/doc/libldap2
# rm -r /usr/share/doc/libldap2

If the dir /usr/share/doc/libldap2 contains more borked files, provide
a "-R" to chattr.

-- 
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Micromuse Ltd.                 | than a perfect plan tomorrow.
mailto:nnorman@micromuse.com   |   -- Patton

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Re: [linux-lvm] Directory becomes sticky socket?

[Heinz J . Mauelshagen]

Chad,

check for processes having the socket open, stop them and retry.
An optional "chmod o-t /usr/share/doc/libldap2" may be necessary.

On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 09:44:10AM -0600, Chad C. Walstrom wrote:
> [Note: Please include me in the Cc: of your reply, for expediency's sake.]
> 
> I'm not sure how this came about, but I cannot remove the directory
> /usr/share/doc/libldap2.   
> 
>     [09:36:47] chewie@skuld (505)$ ls -lad libldap2 
>     s-w--w---T  16806 236536206 1076048101 1084824775 Oct  1  2004 libldap2=
>     [09:36:52] chewie@skuld (506)$ file libldap2
>     libldap2: sticky socket
>     [09:36:58] chewie@skuld (507)$ sudo rm -rf /usr/share/doc/libldap2
>     rm: cannot unlink `/usr/share/doc/libldap2': Operation not permitted
> 
> System: Debian unstable (Sid)
> Kernel: 2.4.17-k7
> Filesystem: ext3 on an LVM logical volume (no extra patches to the
> kernel, vanilla 2.4.17).
> 
> I've tried removing it while root as well with no success.  I've tried
> using fsck.{ext2,ext3} with no avail.  I relize that I'm going to have
> to do something fairly low-level to the FS to recover this problem.  Any
> pointers or suggestions you may have would be quite welcome.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> -- 
> Chad Walstrom <chewie@wookimus.net>                 | a.k.a. ^chewie
> http://www.wookimus.net/                            | s.k.a. gunnarr
> Get my public key, ICQ#, etc. $(mailx -s 'get info' chewie@wookimus.net)



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Re: [linux-lvm] Directory becomes sticky socket?

[Chad C. Walstrom]

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On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 11:07:59AM +0100, Heinz J . Mauelshagen wrote:
> Chad, check for processes having the socket open, stop them and retry.
> An optional "chmod o-t /usr/share/doc/libldap2" may be necessary.

I should have done that first, I suppose.  I did end up shutting down to
single user mode, unmounting the logical volume, and using debugfs to
clear the inode (which still reported the file as being a socket).  This
actually happend to one other file, and a third was a corrupted symbolic
link of some kind.  Regardless, with these three files cleared,
fsck.ext3 happily cleared dtime's and reset inode sizes until I had a
working system again.  Thanks to all who sent me suggestions.

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Chad Walstrom <chewie@wookimus.net>                 | a.k.a. ^chewie
http://www.wookimus.net/                            | s.k.a. gunnarr
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