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Old 10-22-2012
Change the entire filesystem
Hi everyone,

I've installed RedHat 5 enterprise into a VirtualBox, but some how i can't eve create a single file, cause appear u message like this:

Read-only filesystem.

i'm logged as root.

Any idea
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Old 10-22-2012
Change the permission mode for every file...
# 3  
Old 10-22-2012
Adhi,

The big deal it's exactly this one, i can't do that, and don't know why.
I've tried change the permissions already. No way, But thanks any way.
Smilie
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Old 10-22-2012
Did u use the command umask.??
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Old 10-22-2012
Adhi,

Sorry this is the first time i've seen this cmd, but i'll reserch it to see how does it works.

Thanks!!!
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Old 10-22-2012
umask is the admin command to give the permission mode for entire files..
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# 7  
Old 10-23-2012
Problem is stated in your original post, the file system is mounted read-only, you wont be able to make any changes. You need to remount it as read-write:

Code:
mount -o remount,rw /filesystem

 
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