Unfortunatly, I think you are right :(. This machine turns out to have had some exploitable stuff on it, which was what I was trying to upgrade...
-Roger Quoting Brad Lay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > First thing I would be doing is apt-get install chkrootkit - I had a > machine do this exact same problem. I found it had been rootkitted. YMMV. > > It could be something else but I'd check anyway. > > Regards, > > Brad Lay > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > > On Wed, 2 Apr 2003, Roger Ward wrote: > > > I have a wierd error from when I tried to upgrade a system from > stable/woody (a > > few sarge packages like snort) to SID. > > > > I understand SID is a bit unstable (thus Still in Development)... > > Any ideas what could be causing /usr/bin/du to be undeletable? I can't > write a C > > program to delete it, I can't delete it by hand, etc.. I can't even move it > to a > > different file (which i normally can do if a process has a lock on a file > handle). > > > > Any suggestions appriciated. PLEASE CC: me on all replies! > > > > Thanks, > > Roger > > > > ---------------------- > > > > # apt-get dist-upgrade > > Reading Package Lists... Done > > Building Dependency Tree... Done > > Calculating Upgrade... Done > > The following NEW packages will be installed: > > cpp-3.2 dictionaries-common g++-3.2 gcc-3.2 gcc-3.2-base gettext > > libasn1-6-heimdal libcomerr1-kerberos4kth libdb4.1 libdns8 libgd2-noxpm > > libgd2-noxpm-dev libglib2.0-0 libidn9 libkrb-1-kerberos4kth > libkrb5-17-heimdal > > libpaper-utils libpaper1 libpcap0.7 libperl5.8 libpng12-0 > > libpng3 libpq3 libroken16-kerberos4kth libsnmp5 libssl0.9.7 libstdc++5 > > libstdc++5-dev po-debconf python2.2 python2.2-optik > > The following packages have been kept back > > w3m > > 165 packages upgraded, 31 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not > upgraded. > > 7 packages not fully installed or removed. > > Need to get 0B/97.3MB of archives. After unpacking 76.5MB will be used. > > Do you want to continue? [Y/n] > > Preconfiguring packages ... > > (Reading database ... 27942 files and directories currently installed.) > > Preparing to replace coreutils 4.5.2-1 (using > .../coreutils_4.5.10-1_i386.deb) ... > > Unpacking replacement coreutils ... > > Replacing files in old package debianutils ... > > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/coreutils_4.5.10-1_i386.deb > > (--unpack): > > unable to make backup link of `./usr/bin/du' before installing new > version: > > Operation not permitted > > dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) > > Errors were encountered while processing: > > /var/cache/apt/archives/coreutils_4.5.10-1_i386.deb > > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >
