From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 1 May 2002 14:04:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 1 May 2002 14:04:20 -0400 Received: from gherkin.frus.com ([192.158.254.49]:6784 "HELO gherkin.frus.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Wed, 1 May 2002 14:04:18 -0400 Message-Id: From: rct@gherkin.frus.com (Bob_Tracy) Subject: Re: SEVERE Problems in 2.5.12 at uid0 access In-Reply-To: <3CD02C60.3030004@wanadoo.fr> "from Pierre Rousselet at May 1, 2002 07:56:48 pm" To: Pierre Rousselet Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 13:04:11 -0500 (CDT) CC: system_lists@nullzone.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL82 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Pierre Rousselet wrote: > Bob_Tracy wrote: > > Confirmed on a 2.5.11 system as well. Talk about your basic heart > > attack! I'd just installed Postfix and found that I couldn't access > > any of the directories under /var/spool/postfix. Fortunately (?), > > I've got older kernels to fall back on, and that's one of the hazards > > of running on the bleeding edge I reckon. > > > > Oh yeah... ext2 filesystem. I think this bug is at least mostly > > independent of the filesystem type. > > The same here with 2.5.12 and ext2, have you run fsck on this fs ? Yes, it's clean. Changing the owner of the inaccessible directory to root allows you to "cd" into it and everything seems normal. Alternatively, you can simply boot up on an older kernel and that takes care of the problem too. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Bob Tracy WTO + WIPO = DMCA? http://www.anti-dmca.org rct@frus.com -----------------------------------------------------------------------