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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers chown: Read-only file system Post 302643811 by Scott on Sunday 20th of May 2012 05:24:31 PM
Old 05-20-2012
It's possible that the directory in which the filesystem is mounted has no read or execute permission. Try unmounting the filesystem and checking the permissions.

Otherwise, try remounting the filesystem:

Code:
mount -o rw,remount /u01

(customising that command for your system)
 

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filesystem(7)						 Miscellaneous Information Manual					     filesystem(7)

NAME
filesystem - event signalling that filesystems have been mounted SYNOPSIS
filesystem [ENV]... DESCRIPTION
The filesystem event is generated by the mountall(8) daemon after it has mounted all filesystems listed in fstab(5). mountall(8) emits this event as an informational signal, services and tasks started or stopped by this event will do so in parallel with other activity. EXAMPLE
A service that wishes to be running once filesystems are mounted might use: start on filesystem SEE ALSO
mounting(7) mounted(7) virtual-filesystems(7) local-filesystems(7) remote-filesystems(7) all-swaps(7) mountall 2009-12-21 filesystem(7)
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