Just to make sure... you are doing this as root, aren't you? Only, if
you aren't, then the postgres restart script won't see any running
instances, and you won't be able to delete /bin/ps, or /bin/login, and
it will all go pear shaped very quickly.
Tom
On 0, Andreas Andersson <raven@raven.nu> wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> Yesterday I tried to install postgreSQL. It failed with an error:
> Restarting PostgreSQL database: postmaster
> No /usr/lib/postgresql/bin/postmaster found running; none killed.
> Starting PostgreSQL postmaster.
> postmaster successfully started
> .
> ps: unknown long option
> usage: ps -acehjlnrsSuvwx{t<tty>|#|O[-]u[-]U..} \
>
> The postmaster has not restarted.
>
> So, I started to look in to ps. ps is a part of the procps-package so I
> tried to update that package. I couldn't. This time the error was:
>
> Preparing to replace procps 1:2.0.7-4 (using
> .../procps_1%3a2.0.7-8_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement procps ...
> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/procps_1%3a2.0.7-8_i386.deb
> (--unpack):
> unable to make backup link of `./bin/ps' 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/procps_1%3a2.0.7-8_i386.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
> I even tried to delete /bin/ps manually:
>
> raven:/bin# rm -rf ps
> rm: cannot unlink `ps': Operation not permitted
>
> I checked the documentation for ps and found that the option --User was
> allowed so I figured that my ps for some reson is f*cked up.
>
> Now I need your help!
>
> * How can I check if there is a link to /bin/ps thats blocking it from
> deletion?
>
> * How can I delete /bin/ps?
>
> * All other ideas.
>
> Thanks.
>
> /---------------------------\
> |- Ceterum censeo, -|
> |- Microsoft esse delendam -|
> | www.debian.org |
> |---------------------------|
> | Andreas Andersson |
> | raven@raven.nu |
> | icq:18100175 |
> | http://www.raven.nu |
> | 046-157733 070-7572373 |
> \---------------------------/
>
>
>
>
--
Tom Cook
Information Technology Services, The University of Adelaide
"There are few things more satisfying than seeing your children have teenagers of their own."
- Doug Larson
Get my GPG public key: https://pinky.its.adelaide.edu.au/~tkcook/tom.cook-at-adelaide.edu.au
Attachment:
pgpqp3OHm17Cg.pgp
Description: PGP signature