Re: [LUG] file system has gone read only

[James Keasley <jamesk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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"Ian Stone" <ianstone@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Hi All
>
> My home directory on my fedora box has gone read only. The file
> permissions indicate that I read and write permission but when I try and
> create a file I get an error saying: Read-only file system. I've never
> had this problem before! How do I fix it?

Is /home the only directory on that disk partition?

I suspect the first thing you should do is back up the data in your
~ asap, and run fsck on that partition, it might be you harddrive 
going bad, or just having too many errors.

Otherwise it might just be a problem in /etc/fstab or a permissions 
issue, better to be safe than sorry though, eh?

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James                                   jamesk[at]homeric[dot]co[dot]uk

"If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my 
name in a Swiss bank."  Woody Allen
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