installed 13.1, /usr mounted on own partition.error message "/usr/<> file not found"
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installed 13.1, /usr mounted on own partition.error message "/usr/<> file not found"
Hey all,
I just installed 13.1 on my system. as with previous systems, i have /usr mounted on it's own partition. when doing the setup i did NOT tell slack to format the /usr partition, and i can tell it didn't.
i am able to cd and ls all of the /usr filesystem without difficulty. however, when i try a command (like ftp for instance) this is what i get:
Code:
(jmd9qs@darkstar)-(0)-(08:39 PM Fri Jun 18)->
-(~)-(32 files, 4.2Gb)--> ftp slackbuilds.org
bash: /usr/bin/ftp: No such file or directory
when i use the full path it does the same thing:
Code:
(jmd9qs@darkstar)-(0)-(08:39 PM Fri Jun 18)->
m-(~)-(32 files, 4.2Gb)--> /usr/bin/ftp slackbuilds.org
bash: /usr/bin/ftp: No such file or directory
i'm logged in as my user (jmd9qs), and here's the output you requested (it belongs to root right now, it seems, i don't know if that's correct or not):
Code:
l(jmd9qs@darkstar)-(0)-(08:55 PM Fri Jun 18)->
m-(~)-(32 files, 4.2Gb)--> ls -l /usr/bin/ftp
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 88680 2010-05-19 04:48 /usr/bin/ftp*
I'm checking my installation (13.0) and the permissions seem right, but my ftp is located in /bin, not /usr/bin. You say you didn't format /usr when you did the install, was there something in there before you started?
and yes, everything that was in the /usr directory on my Mandriva installation is still in the /usr directory now (except for /usr/dict, which was strangely overwritten during installation)
and yes, everything that was in the /usr directory on my Mandriva installation is still in the /usr directory now (except for /usr/dict, which was strangely overwritten during installation)
Ah, you installed Slackware 13.1 over top of an existing Mandriva installation? That may be the source of the problem.
If you try to run /bin/ftp as your user id, does it work?
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