[26818] in Athena Bugs
linux 9.4.26: add
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kevin Chen)
Mon Apr 10 15:27:15 2006
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From: Kevin Chen <kchen@mit.edu>
To: bugs@mit.edu
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 15:27:03 -0400
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System name: scyther.mit.edu
Type and version: i686 9.4.26 (with mkserv)
Display type: nVidia Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 MX 420] (rev a3)
Shell: /bin/athena/tcsh
Window manager: metacity
What were you trying to do?
A student attempting to complete the 6.033 assignment at
http://web.mit.edu/6.033/www/assignments/handson-5-lfs.html reported
that add -f gnu results in:
scyther.mit.edu# add -f gnu
add: The 'f' flag is no longer supported.
It turns out that this only happens when run as root. (The assignment
requires running portions of it as root, which is why this user was
running add as root.)
While testing this, I also found that when run as root:
scyther.mit.edu# add /tmp
/tmp: Locker unknown.
What's wrong:
What should have happened:
add -f and add [directory] should work when run as root.
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
