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Date:      Mon, 1 Nov 1999 00:01:45 -0800 (PST)
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        Vadim Vitebsky <vadim@vitebsky.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD TechSupport <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: QUESTION about /VAR/RUN/UTMP
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9911010001130.12797-100000@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <01be62ec$1ccdb600$0301a8c0@vadim.vhi.net>

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On Sun, 28 Feb 1999, Vadim Vitebsky wrote:

> Good day!
> 
> I have FreeBSD 3.1-Release installed. This is great system. But I have one
> problem.
> 
> Not far, when I tried WHO command system write to me:
> 
> who: /var/run/utmp - device not configured.
> 
> Also, when system boots up I can see this message:
> 
> rm /var/run/utmp - utmp: Operation not permitted.
> 
> Also I cannot use TALK command, because error message being assigned.
> 
> My file /var/log/messages are full of this strings:
> 
> Nov 1 06:18:53 vhi comsat[11016]: open: /var/run/utmp: Permission denied.
> Nov 1 06:18:53 vhi inetd [167]: /usr/libexec/comsat[11016]: Exit status
> 0x100.
> 
> I tried to use FSCK, but fsck write that all ok!
> I cannot delete this file manually, using rm command or using MC-4.5.1,
> because system writes: "/var/run/utmp" - Cannot delete. Operation not
> permitted (1).
> 
> 
> What happened with my system? And what I can do?

What is your output for:

ls -lo /var/run/utmp
and
ls -ldo /var/run

thanks,
-Alfred



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