On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 5:17 AM, Shrinivasan T <[email protected]>wrote:
> > *[sudo] password for XXX:* > > *sudo: unable to open /var/db/sudo/XXX/1: Read-only file system* > > ** > > * > > > > touch test.txt > > > > touch: cannot touch `test.txt': >Read-only file system > > This may due to some error on filesystem. > > Backup all data and recreate filesystem using mkfs utilities. > > The above is not a good idea. Sometimes the problem may be caused due to insufficient space in the / filesystem. First check for free space using 'df -h' and if possible try tune2fs to regain the 5% reserved space used by the filesystem and reboot it to see if there is space in the filesystem. tune2fs -m 0 /dev/<partition> S. Baskar _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines
