Roger Franz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Evidently, fsck > lost+found'd the index files for apropos/man/mandb, and when I run > > mandb -c > > to recreate them, it tells me it can't. ("Permission denied" errors, > files missing, etc.)
I assume you're doing this as root? Try erasing the files with the problems - use `dpkg -S' to find out what packages they're from so that you can reinstall the package and get the file back if necessary. Use `strace -e file' if mandb doesn't explain very well which files are causing the problems. If you can't delete the files as root, first try `chattr -i' on them. If _that_ doesn't work, you may have to resort to black magic: Backup what you need. Copy debugfs onto a floppy. Boot from the rescue disk and mount this floppy (and not the hard disk). Run debugfs on the partition with the problem, then use its `rm' command on the offending file. Save the changes and reboot, and let fsck clean up the mess. -- Carey Evans http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/c.evans/ "The risk of U.S. national security resting in the hands of adults who play with children's toys during office hours is left as an exercise to the reader." - Bruce Martin in RISKS