Re: Rogue Directory
On Wednesday 05 September 2007, Hal Vaughan wrote: > Yesterday I created a new directory on my workstation so I could > mount a few NFS mounts on it. As root, I typed "mkdir /thresh" and > it worked, or seemed to. I realize I didn't actually list it, I just > tried mounting the imported filesystems on it and it worked. Now > when I list it, I get: > > ?- ? ???? /thresh > > I tried chown, rm, mv and other commands as root, but I can't do > anything with this directory. > > What can I do to either delete it (the only data in it is mounted > from other systems) or make it usable? Okay, as some have suggested, it was a problem with the nfs mount. When I umount'ed the share, ownership returned and it's okay. It turns out the issue seems to be more of a DNS issue, which I've fixed. (I had switched to DHCP for testing something else and a typo when I switched back caused the problem.) Hal
Re: Rogue Directory
On Sep 5, 2007, at 10:03 AM, Hal Vaughan wrote: Yesterday I created a new directory on my workstation so I could mount a few NFS mounts on it. As root, I typed "mkdir /thresh" and it worked, or seemed to. I realize I didn't actually list it, I just tried mounting the imported filesystems on it and it worked. Now when I list it, I get: ?- ? ???? /thresh I tried chown, rm, mv and other commands as root, but I can't do anything with this directory. What can I do to either delete it (the only data in it is mounted from other systems) or make it usable? You need to unmount the NFS filesystem first, if there's still one mounted. Removing a directory that has a filesystem mounted on it is a no-no and I doubt the system will let the delete complete until the filesystem is unmounted. (Note that if the NFS server has gone away you may need to use umount -f to get the unmount to complete.) If that's not the problem, I would boot into single user mode (or boot a rescue CD) and run fsck on that filesystem. I've seen directory entries like that on corrupt filesystems. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Rogue Directory
On 09/05/2007 12:03 PM, Hal Vaughan wrote: > Yesterday I created a new directory on my workstation so I could mount a > few NFS mounts on it. As root, I typed "mkdir /thresh" and it worked, > or seemed to. I realize I didn't actually list it, I just tried > mounting the imported filesystems on it and it worked. Now when I list > it, I get: > > ?- ? ???? /thresh This appears that your created or possibly the mounted a directory has some odd permissions - e.g.: $ mkdir -m600 foo $ ls -la foo/ total 0 ?- ? ? ? ?? foo/. ?- ? ? ? ?? foo/.. > What can I do to either delete it (the only data in it is mounted from > other systems) or make it usable? Try unmounting your NFS share and checking permissions/UMASK on both sides. -- Kind Regards, Michael Shuler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Rogue Directory
Yesterday I created a new directory on my workstation so I could mount a few NFS mounts on it. As root, I typed "mkdir /thresh" and it worked, or seemed to. I realize I didn't actually list it, I just tried mounting the imported filesystems on it and it worked. Now when I list it, I get: ?- ? ???? /thresh I tried chown, rm, mv and other commands as root, but I can't do anything with this directory. What can I do to either delete it (the only data in it is mounted from other systems) or make it usable? Thanks! Hal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
