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RH 8/Knoppix question

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RudeCat7:
Since it is a video problem in Redhat, you should be able to use 'linux single' at the lilo prompt to get you in. It's saved my ass before.

flap:

quote:Originally posted by Ice9:
Doesn't work, he can edit the file, but he can't save it.
Even when he su to root, apparently he doesn't own the file and can't save it.
(tried su and su -)
When trying to chmod it, all he gets is "permission denied" - "read-only file"
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Who does own it?

Ice-9:

quote: Originally posted by Calum

how is this partition being mounted? did you already say it was being mounted rw? or is it ro?
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When you start Knoppix it's ro but he changed that to rw.

 
quote: Originally posted by flap

Who does own it?
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XF86config is owned by RH's root but when you boot with Knoppix you are user Knoppix.
The odd thing here is that even when he boots into RH and su to root he doesn't seem to own the file and can't save to it   :confused:

Ice-9:
Nm, he's got it fixed, he shut down his computer quite abruptly out of pure anger    ;)   and when he rebooted he had a prompt asking him to do a filesystem check, he logged in, edited his config file and everything is fine now.

Quite unconventional way to fix things if you ask me but hey, it's the result that counts isn't it?
I'm still going to investigate the Knoppix/root user issue should I ever need to use it as a rescue disc.
Creedon, I know you're quite positive about Knoppix, if you know a workaround for this I'd be happy to hear about it    :D  

Thanks everyone for the suggestions.

[ December 30, 2002: Message edited by: Ice9 ]

choasforages:
umm, su doesn't work with knoppix
instead try
sudo bash

and that will give you a root shell under knoppix

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