cannot remove files from /tmp

Anne Wilson cannewilson at tiscali.co.uk
Sun Jan 7 16:13:17 UTC 2007


On Sunday 07 January 2007 13:21, Rolf Gerrits wrote:
> Rick,
>
> Thanks, but I tried all that .   I cannot change the ownership nor the
> permissions ( as root ) .
> Maybe I can give root temporary "rpm" permissions (group member) ?  I am
> not sure this will work or if I dare.
>
> Thing is, that at startup the system cannot remove these files either.
> I was wondering if I could run "fsck" or something on an mounted system
> ( or specific directory ).
> Possibly these are not really files, but just corrupted entries ?
> I am open to suggestions ... ( formatting is not an option :-b )
>
Have you tried what Steve Searle suggested to me, in the thread '/tmp running 
out of space'?

Anne

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