Hello! I am a bit confused about some matters related to permissions. Here is a part of my fstab file:
Sirrah ~ # cat /etc/fstab ... /dev/hda9 /mnt/giga hfs defaults,umask=0 0 0 /dev/hda10 /mnt/Sigma hfsplus defaults 0 0 /dev/hda11 /mnt/SigmaX hfsplus defaults 0 0 ... and here are the contents of /mnt: Sirrah ~ # ls -l /mnt total 8 drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 28 Dec 21 17:00 Sigma drwxrwxr-t 1 root cdrw 38 Jan 21 09:52 SigmaX drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Aug 11 01:49 cdrom drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Aug 11 01:49 floppy drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 40 Dec 21 16:00 giga I want to suppress the write permissions on Sigma and SigmaX. So I did Sirrah ~ # chmod 555 /mnt/Sigma That worked all right, and I went on with Sirrah ~ # chmod 555 /mnt/SigmaX chmod: changing permissions of `/mnt/SigmaX': Read-only file system The error here is surprising, as SigmaX is mounted rw: Sirrah ~ # mount ... /dev/hda11 on /mnt/SigmaX type hfsplus (rw) ... I tried the step of remounting it rw: the error disappeared, but chmod produced no result. SigmaX, strangely, belongs to the cdrw group, and I wondered if that could be the cause of the trouble, so I tried to change it to root; but the answer was again: Read-only file system. Finally, I wondered if SigmaX might have the "i" attribute, so I tried: Sirrah ~ # lsattr /mnt ------------- /mnt/cdrom ------------- /mnt/floppy lsattr: Inappropriate ioctl for device While reading flags on /mnt/giga ------------- /mnt/Sigma ------------- /mnt/SigmaX It shows no attributes, but there is this error about giga: it is perhaps of no consequence, but it should not be there! I'd be grateful for any hints that could help me get out of this mess. Charles _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com'
