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Distribution: Linux - Red Hat, Suse, Fedora, Ubuntu, Debian, Cent OS, HP UX - 11.x
Posts: 17
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Cannot create directories as root under /home
Hi,
I have recently ran in to SUSE server which has LVM filesystems. I tried to create a directory under /home but got Permission Denied error. Listed below is a sample output. Is this due to a special configuration in linux or something needs to be fixed.
Note: var, opt, home are currently directories under / NOT fs, yet I still get the issue.
root@######:df -lk /var
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/rootvg-rootlv
4194172 2262780 1931392 54% /
root@######:df -lk /opt
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/rootvg-rootlv
4194172 2262780 1931392 54% /
root@######:df -lk /home
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted
- 0 0 0 - /home
Note: var, opt, home are currently directories under / NOT fs, yet I still get the issue.
I dont understand this, all filesystems needs to be mounted under root(/), in some directory. So eventually, when listed, they all show under root(/).
Code:
root@######:df -lk /var
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/rootvg-rootlv
4194172 2262780 1931392 54% /
root@######:df -lk /opt
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/rootvg-rootlv
4194172 2262780 1931392 54% /
root@######:df -lk /home
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted
- 0 0 0 - /home
From the output, /var and /opt have no seperate logical volume, and are mounted under root(/). However, there is some problem in /home FS. Cause, had it been seperate LV, it would have shown as /dev/mapper/rootvg-<home lv>. Or atleast, if its not under LV, it would have shown as some /dev/sdX. But since its showing as -, you probably removed /home LV or partition.
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