Re: cannot rename with mv
On 01/16/17 20:17, rlharris@oplink.net wrote:
I wish to rename the directory "/backup" to "/backup.new".
/ is on a 452G partition with 54% in use.
/ is owned by root.
/backup is owned by normal user "rh".
The command "$ mv /backup/ /newbackup/" fails with " cannot move ...
Permission denied".
The command "# mv /backup/ /newbackup/" fails with "cannot move ... Device
or resource busy".
No application and no terminal window is looking at / or at /backup .
What am I overlooking?
It's probably a permissions issue.
Please paste this command into a terminal (as any user) and then paste
the command and output into a reply:
$ ls -d -l / /backup
Have you set ACL's, SELinux, or any such thing?
David
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