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Article #84Re: Unbelievable bug that didn't happen
From: Paul Jackson
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 02:16
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 02:16
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In article <1jneleINN2tb@jhunix2.hcf.jhu.edu>, andy@jhunix2.hcf.jhu.edu (Andy Poling) writes: |> While I was tracking this bug down, it happened -- I may have even made it |> happen - I dunno. The problem is this: even though the mtab file had been |> scribbled in since I had last fixed it, the modification time of the file |> had not changed!!! Looks to me like your mtab and /etc/wtmp files are cohabitating. That is, they are both using a particular block of the file system. I'd suggest you go into single user mode and fsck /. Expect some things such as DUP blocks. -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Software Production Engineer Paul Jackson (pj@sgi.com), x1373
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!sgi!fido!sam.wpd.sgi.com!pj From: pj@sam.wpd.sgi.com (Paul Jackson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi.bugs Subject: Re: Unbelievable bug that didn't happen Date: 22 Jan 1993 02:16:51 GMT Organization: Silicon Graphics, Research & Development Lines: 17 Distribution: world Message-ID: <1jnlejINNp5m@fido.asd.sgi.com> References: <1jneleINN2tb@jhunix2.hcf.jhu.edu> Reply-To: pj@sgi.com NNTP-Posting-Host: sam.wpd.sgi.com Keywords: oh boy...