permissions problems in ssh session as root (WAS: apt-get install and upgrade errors)
#hi, bela,
#thanks for your reply. as a sanity check, i made sure that as root to
run `apt-get upgrade` from root directory (/). same problem.
#looking further, it seems the problem may have to do with root
permissions problems, and not with apt-get or dpkg at all. logged in as
root on ssh, i cannot `touch` a test file to /usr/bin/ directory:
touch: creating '/usr/bin/testFile': Permission denied
#this, although root is directory owner with rwxr-xr-x rights on the
directory. this apt-get effort is the first maintenance i've tried since
taking over this machine, and the former admin says he's never seen this
problem before, and that ssh-ing into the machine should not be causing
these problems (he did all his maintenance via ssh). i rebooted the
machine, but that hasn't straightened the problem out (we thought some
process might have locked the directory or binary that the upgrade was
trying to replace)
#any ideas?
#apart from trying these commands at the machine console, i can't think
of anything else to try; and if anybody has any suggestions about why
this is happening or how i might be able to straighten it out, i'd
really appreciate the help.
#thanks,
#james
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