Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 00:01:45 -0800 (PST) From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Vadim Vitebsky <vadim@vitebsky.com> Cc: FreeBSD TechSupport <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: QUESTION about /VAR/RUN/UTMP Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9911010001130.12797-100000@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <01be62ec$1ccdb600$0301a8c0@vadim.vhi.net>
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On Sun, 28 Feb 1999, Vadim Vitebsky wrote: > Good day! > > I have FreeBSD 3.1-Release installed. This is great system. But I have one > problem. > > Not far, when I tried WHO command system write to me: > > who: /var/run/utmp - device not configured. > > Also, when system boots up I can see this message: > > rm /var/run/utmp - utmp: Operation not permitted. > > Also I cannot use TALK command, because error message being assigned. > > My file /var/log/messages are full of this strings: > > Nov 1 06:18:53 vhi comsat[11016]: open: /var/run/utmp: Permission denied. > Nov 1 06:18:53 vhi inetd [167]: /usr/libexec/comsat[11016]: Exit status > 0x100. > > I tried to use FSCK, but fsck write that all ok! > I cannot delete this file manually, using rm command or using MC-4.5.1, > because system writes: "/var/run/utmp" - Cannot delete. Operation not > permitted (1). > > > What happened with my system? And what I can do? What is your output for: ls -lo /var/run/utmp and ls -ldo /var/run thanks, -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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