On Thu, 15 Nov 2007, Gijs wrote: > Les wrote: > > On Thu, 2007-11-15 at 11:44 -0800, Les wrote: > > > >> On Thu, 2007-11-15 at 13:49 -0500, James Pifer wrote: > >> > >>> I have an fc7 box that I'm trying to remove a directory on. I don't > >>> remember why I was playing with the directory permissions in the first > >>> place, but I just want to get rid of it. > >>> > >>> the directory is in /root and looks like this: > >>> dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 2007-11-09 15:35 tmp > >>> > >>> I can't do anything with it. Any file change I try to make, chmod, rm, > >>> mv, etc I get this error like: > >>> chmod: changing permissions of `tmp': Read-only file system > >>> > >>> How can I get rid of this directory? I've been googling in circles and > >>> can't find a solution. > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> James > >>> >>> > >> Hi, James, > >> Since root owns the directory, you have to be root to change it. BUT!! > >> be aware that tmp is a system directory. Any buffering, temporary > >> storage, or image viewing you do on the internet likely uses this > >> directory. i don't think he's talking about /tmp. note that he's talking about a directory named "tmp" in the directory /root, if i read it correctly. rday ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca ========================================================================
