On Mon, 2004-02-09 at 12:05, Ben Stringer wrote: > > The problem reported is that the "make install" is unable to create a > symbolic link (like a shortcut) in the /usr/local/bin directory - this > may also occur if the filesystem containing /usr/local/bin was mounted > readonly (unlikely) or out of space. The "mount" and "df" commands > (respectively) will show you if either of these problems exist. > > > > > Thank you for any help. > > No problems - hope this helps. > > Cheers, Ben > > Ok the problem now seems pretty severe. As Root (not su but logging in as) I am unable to write to /usr/local/bin. In /etc/fstab it's mounted (/usr/local is on it's own partition) as "defaults". How can i get access to this space. The permissions of the files are -rwxr-xr-x (755). The exact message is "Operation not permitted"
