Did you fill the file system? A full file system can cause it to go read only.
df -h /var will show you what var is doing. df -h will show you all file systems on your server. Adam Flaig *"Ciggarettes are a lot like hamsters, Perfectly harmless untill you put one in your mouth and light it on fire"* * * *~Will Ferrell * On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 12:50 PM, David Kaiser <dkai...@cdk.com> wrote: > It's hard to imagine, but... is the /var filesystem mounted readonly? > The error doesn't look like directory permissions, but filesystem issues. > > run the 'mount' command and inspect any filesystems with a portion of > '/var/' in the mountpath, and/or do not contain 'rw' in the mount options. > > > > On 10/26/2011 09:43 AM, Ann wrote: > > I have a customer with an ubuntu linux server. Last time I made any > > changes for him was in July. Now when I go to copy anything to the > > server I get the following: > > > > cp: cannot create directory > > `/var/lib/tomcat5/backups/Infoportal_test_20111026_0936': Read-only file > > system > > > > It looks like something must have changed, but we have not done anything > > and I am pretty sure neither has he. Any thoughts? > > > > I am signed in as root (please don't give me a lecture) > > thanks > > Ann Richmond > > > > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > LinuxUsers@socallinux.org > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >
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