On Tue, 16 Sep 2003, Ronald KA4INM Youvan wrote:
> somebody else wrote:
> > Hello. My reiserfs root partition has a file: /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 that I
> > can't seem to wipe. (I've just moved the parent directory to something
> > innocuous so it doesn't prevent X server zero from starting.)
>
> > root@bluefish:/var/tmp/X12-unix# ls
> > ls: X0: Permission denied
> > root@bluefish:/var/tmp/X12-unix# stat X0
> > stat: cannot stat `X0': Permission denied
> > root@bluefish:/var/tmp/X12-unix# rm -rf X0
> > rm: cannot remove `X0': Permission denied
> > root@bluefish:/var/tmp/X12-unix#
> I use the Reiser file system also, I get:
>
> root /tmp/.X11-unix> ls -l X0
> srwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Sep 16 02:28 X0=
>
> I'm just a user, not more, I suspect the initial "s" means something
> special
'socket'
> I assume the = means it also,
Yes. That type indication (/=directory, ==socket, *=executable, |=pipe)
occurs with 'ls -F'. Run straight 'ls' with '\ls'.
> I guess it is not a real file as the /dev directory is not real.
Why would that matter? It's not in /dev .
> What is "can't seem to wipe"?
'permission denied' on attempted removal as root.
> Why are you messing with something the operating system, file system
> or X system put there?
Well, it's X in this case. Maybe its presence prevents X from starting.
Is X exited completely (e.g., single-user mode) when you (the OP) try to
remove it? Maybe X looks for it in /var/tmp as well as /tmp.
I have /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 .
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