On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 15:25:52 +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote: > Why is portage failing to create a lock? (Answer: Because > it's not allow - "Permission denied". Q: Why is the permission > not granted? What to do, to grant the permission?)
Maybe this will give a clue? # ls -ld /mnt/portage/distfiles/.locks/ drwxrwxr-x 2 root portage 72 Sep 1 11:34 /mnt/portage/distfiles/.locks/ My .locks directory is owned by the portage group, and group-writeable. -- Neil Bothwick My friends went to alt.california, and all they brought me was this lousy sig.
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