check if those are declared immutable by "lsattr". If thats so change them
with "chattr"
sreangsu
On Tue, 14 Nov 2000, Christopher Vasanth wrote:
> Hi
>
> Sorry guys, I missed out on one vital piece of info - I am unable to use it
> as root !
>
> Vasanth
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Binand Raj S. [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 12:00 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [LIH] RH 6.2 - unusable /misc directory
>
> Christopher Vasanth forced the electrons to say:
> > ls shows the following:
> >
> > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Nov 14 09:59 misc
>
> As you can see, only the owner (in this case, root) can create new
> files in the misc directory. A normal user can edit existing files in
> the misc directory (assuming he has 'w' perms to the file), but cannot
> create new ones.
>
> Anyway, your scripts should be using /tmp as the place to create temporary
> files. If it really has to create files in /misc, then run the script
> as root.
>
> Binand
>
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