Hi, Some more tests. Its only with certain files from certain users I get this problem.
What if I used "install" in stead of "cp" to copy the same file: [EMAIL PROTECTED] progdev]# cp -f /home/progdev/TESTOFCP/test3.txt /cptest/test3progdev.txt cp: setting attributes for "/cptest/test3progdev.txt": Operationen stöds ej (Translates to "Operation not supported") (The file is copied OK) When I use install, which also copies files, all is OK and no error message! [EMAIL PROTECTED] progdev]# install -c -m 644 /home/progdev/TESTOFCP/test3.txt /cptest/test3installprogdev.txt [EMAIL PROTECTED] progdev]# (The file is copied OK) This might indicate that there are no disk I/O errors? /Peter > Peter Landgren wrote: > > I have done some more tests. It seems that the problem only appears when I > > copy from one specific user. > > A specified user? Or a specific file? (I am thinking about something > particular here...) > > > I created a new user copied sip-4.6.tar.gz, unpacked it and run > > pytgon configure.py, make did a su and "make install" and now > > everything worked just fine. So there is some problem with the "old" > > user, but I cant' figure out what it is. > > Which seems to show that there is nothing intrically wrong with the > programs or file permissions. Is the filesystem full? > > > However, I tried to install PyQt-X11-4.2 from this new user, and at the end > > of the install process I got the same error again, when there were just two > > files left to copy! There were hundreds of cp-commands in this install. > > > > What's going on? Is it a problem with cp or is it a problem with the > > Mandriva Spring distro? > > Do any errors show up in your system's syslog file? (Usually > /var/log/syslog or /var/log/messages but I am not familiar with > Mandriva and you may have to find the right file.) Are there any disk > I/O errors being reported there? > > This is beginning to sound like hardware failure. It would be > plausible to me that when certain disk sectors are accessed that it > would generate errors and cp would fail. But access other disk > sections and everything succeeds. > > > > > As I do this as root, cp should not complain? > > The root superuser will have permission and therefore all permission > errors should be avoided. But even root will fail when the filesystem > is full. And root has no permission over NFS. While being root > avoids permission problems locally it does not guarantee that there > won't be other problems. > > Bob > -- Peter Landgren Talken Hagen 671 94 Brunskog 0570-530 21 070 -635 4719 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype: pgl4820 _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
