Date: Sat, 04 Oct 2003 09:25:34 -0700 From: K Anderson <freebsduser@comcast.net> To: srenna@vdbmusic.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg_info +COMMENTS problem Message-ID: <3F7EF47E.3030807@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <web-57947036@atlantech.net> References: <web-57947036@atlantech.net>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
srenna@vdbmusic.com wrote: > Gave that a shot, but still seeing the same problem > any other tips? > > > On Sat, 4 Oct 2003 15:36:37 +0100 > Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> wrote: > >>On Sat, Oct 04, 2003 at 09:00:55AM -0400, >>srenna@vdbmusic.com wrote: >> >>>Hello, >>> >>>I'm having a problem. Whenever I run pkg_info with >>>whatever switches, I receive this at the top of the >> >>read >> >>>out, any ideas? >>> >>>pkg_info: show_file: can't open '+COMMENT' for reading >> >>Somewhere under /var/db/pkg you have a +COMMENT file >>which isn't >>readable by your UID. That's not correct -- all of the >>files under >>/var/db/pkg should be readable by all. That is mode 644 >>for general >>files or mode 755 for directories and executables. All >>should be >>owned by root:wheel as well. Except for +MTREE_DIRS >>files which seem >>to be mode 444 for some odd reason. >> >>Try this (as root): >> >> # cd /var/db/pkg >> # chown -R root:wheel . >> # chmod -R a+rX,go-w . >> # chmod 444 */+MTREE_DIRS >> >> Cheers, >> >> Matthew >> >>-- >>Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 >>The Paddocks >> > > Savill > >>Way >>PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey >> Marlow >>Tel: +44 1628 476614 >> Bucks., SL7 1TH UK > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Can you do it as user root? If not you might have a corrupt file or several corrupt files. Can you edit any of them and save them?
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?3F7EF47E.3030807>