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Old 04-11-2008, 06:42 AM   #1
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Question Lost all file permissions after crash

Hi, I lost all file permissions on few files after a crash. When I try 'ls -l', I get permission denied errors and '?'s in place of permission bits. Even as root I cannot delete these files. My filesystem is Reiserfs.

Is there a way to bypass the permission checking on file access? Can anybody point out a method (low level system calls ???) to delete the files?
 
Old 04-11-2008, 07:39 AM   #2
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You need to check and repair the filesystem. It seems to be corrupt after the crash.

man fsck
 
Old 04-11-2008, 07:41 AM   #3
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I'll bet that the problem with the filesystem was the cause of the crash.
 
Old 04-11-2008, 07:52 AM   #4
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I suspected that and had re-run fsck (It had already run when i booted after crash). No change!
 
Old 04-13-2008, 02:07 PM   #5
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Check logfiles. There is no user with more power than root and he has already full filesystem access.
 
Old 04-13-2008, 11:36 PM   #6
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Thanks all.... problem resolved by rebuilding filesystem tree.
 
  


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