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konzo 12-30-2011 12:08 PM

Strange permissions
 
Hi all,

i have two files with strange permissions in /var/log:

?????????? ? ? ? ? ? news
?????????? ? ? ? ? ? debug

and i can't manipulate them even as root (change owner or permissions). Is this is a filesystem fail?

AlucardZero 12-30-2011 12:50 PM

Looks like the filesystem needs a fscking

gilead 12-30-2011 12:51 PM

It could be - the fastest way to check is to re-boot the box with a rescue cd and fsck the partition containing the files. Are there any other symptoms? Can you take the box offline long enough to do something like that?

konzo 01-04-2012 12:34 PM

I actually reinstalled it, but was wondering what was the problem...


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