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-Jim P.

On Thu, 2005-06-16 at 11:50 -0400, Ryan Fish wrote:
> I'm not sure why, but /tmp is set to read-only on a RHEL3 AS server.  I am trying to set it back to allow writing but am failing so far.
> 
> Here is what I am seeing (I am unable to write to /tmp in any manner.):
> 
> [root at mcdb02 root]# crontab -e
> /tmp/crontab.17515: Read-only file system
> 
> 
> When trying to force the mounts to setup I see the following:
> 
> [root at mcdb02 root]# mount -a
> mount: /dev/sda1 already mounted or /boot busy
> 
> There is no mention of /tmp in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab
> 
> I can write to other locations on the server.
> 
> Any ideas on what I can try to get this fixed?  I guess a clean reboot should allow it to function properly again but I am trying to get by without doing that.
> 
> Thank you.
> -Ryan
> 
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