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How to mount a filesystem in a read-only environment?

I have the problem that my machine turned the root filesystem into readonly mode and remounting it as writeable won't work: # mount -o remount,rw /dev/sda1 / mount: block device /dev/sda1 is write-...
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Running mysqldump on a debian system that has gone into read-only mode

An old Debian system of mine has recently had the primary hard drive go into read-only mode due to some disk problem. I have a MySQL database on the server that I would like to backup before trying ...
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Why is an nfs server mounted as rw returning read only filesystem errors

I am working on a Ubuntu Server 64bit. I have mounted an nfs as rw, but whenever I try to edit anything on the mountpoint in question, I get a read-only filesystem error my etc/fstab reads: # <...
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install vmware tools in zeroshell 2.0

Situation I'm using the 2.0 RC2 iso from http://www.zeroshell.org in a VMware ESXi 5.1 virtual machine and am trying to adapt the instructions on HowTo: vmware-tools in ZeroShell for v2.0 as the file ...
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file system is going into read only mode frequently

My server file system is going into read only mode frequently. If I reboot my system, It is performing a fsck operation on disks. But, It is exited with exit status 4 ( File system errors left ...
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debian Read-only file system error

I logged on to my debian box and tried running some commands and I was presented with the following message. sudo: Can't open /var/lib/sudo/username/0: Read-only file system After doing some digging ...
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Create read-only user on Collabnet Edge SVN

How can I create a read-only user (for access from another websvn server) on a Collabnet Edge SVN server? I do have a level of administrative rights through the web interface as well as direct server ...
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Linux initramfs read-only

In a Linux system consisting of a bootloader, the kernel and an initramfs (no block devices, no other root filesystem): Is it possible to make the initramfs read-only once expanded into memory?
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Compact Flash mounted Read Only

I have a board, running linux (RedHat, kernel: 2.4.32). The board has been up and running since long time. However suddenly, some errors are being observed in the logs, and the Compact Flash (present ...
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Disable writing to "portable media player"

I need to disable windows machine in the domain from copying files to one's own portable devices. I found a setting that will tell the registry which will tell the computer to 'writeprotect'(...
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how change nginx temp & log folder or disable logging completely

I'm running nginx 1.3.5 under windows seven, I need to execute nginx directly from a read-only media (CD or DVD), but when I want to run it, it fails with this error: nginx: [alert] could not open ...
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Filesize monitoring powershell script safe to run against a multiuser Access 2003 database?

I'm try to monitor the size of an MS Access Database file which corrupts when the size reaches 2GB. I found the following powershell script which monitors the size of a file, and then runs a ...
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Linux: Force fsck of a read-only mounted filesystem?

I'm developing for a headless embedded appliance, running CentOS 6.2. The user can connect a keyboard, but not a monitor, and a serial console would require opening the case, something we don't want ...
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Debian crashed, file system is read-only and cannot backup - How Do I find/mount a USB drive?

We have a Debian server (vm's) here at work and the server crashed after a power failure. I can only boot the system in maintenance mode, and the whole file system is set to read only. I can run fsck ...
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network-mapped file system drops to read-only mid-stream, buffer I/O error with device mapper

Under linux 2.6 (CentOS 5.3 actually), I have a file system that works okay for a few minutes, then drops to read-only mode, while I am trying to read/write data to it. It is an ext3 file system ...
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Hyper-V Ubuntu 10.04, Filesystem suddenly becomes Read-Only?

We are running a Ubuntu 10.04 VM on a Hyper-V system, The VM is dedicated to running one of our web applications. We have enabled the Hyper-V drivers in /etc/initramfs-tools/modules like so: ...
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prevent filesystem from entering read-only mode

I have found that my server's filesystem is continuously entering read-only mode. There have been some issues with the raid1 array, but I have removed the bad disk from the array. However, it is ...
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Term for system that is "Create, Read" enabled, but "update, delete" disabled?

Researching legal and regulatory compliance for creating systems are tamper resistant, and wondering if there is a term for a system that is "Create, Read" enabled, but "update, delete" disabled.
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Read-only file system VPS SSH error

I have a VPS and today I noticed apache was not running, I got in SSH, the httpd status says: [root@adrimail ~]# service httpd status httpd dead but pid file exists Tried to restart it and I get ...
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Samba share with guest access and authenticated users for write access

I'm trying to get a shared folder to work. Everyone should have read access (preferably not even a password prompt should pop up when connecting with Windows), but a few selected users should be able ...
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Unable to delete a folder? Read Only Attribute locked?

We have a Windows 2008 R2 with Oracle11g and I need to uninstall the server and to reinstall again. I was following this Oracle Uninstall guide here: http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/misc/...
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VirtualBox: vboxsf filesystem wrongly detected as readonly?

I have VirtualBox (Windows XP host) running a CentOS 6.0 virtual machine, with one shared folder. Here is the list of mounted devices: [root@localhost ~]# mount -l ... www on /media/sf_www type ...
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LTO3 tape read only on a LTO3 tape driver (write lock unlocked)

I've installed on win2003 a tape drive (IBM 25R0012) with the latest drivers available The tape is functioning correctly (according to the "Device Manager"), however when I insert a new tape (i use ...
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Server Frequently gets Read-Only File System

This server has RAID-1 configured. It get readonly file system everyday. if i reboot it, it gets back with a read-write file system. but after a short while, readonly again... Any idea please? Thanks....
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Can ESXi (4.1) mount a VMFS datastore alongside a read-only snapshot of it?

I have a ESXi (4.1) server talking with a Windows Server 2008 R2 storage server, which presents some volumes as iSCSI targets using Microsoft's iSCSI software target; ESXi uses them as its datastores. ...
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Remount read-only device as read-write on xen guest

I have a xen guest machine running ubuntu 10.04 with a disk device marked as read only. Now if while the xen guest is running I mark the device as read-write how can I tell the guest it can now write ...
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Read Only Domain Controller for standalone/off-site testing location

In a bit of a pinch: a client needs to test an Active Directory enabled CRM system that consists of a SQL 2008 Server and a Windows 2008 Standard Server (the application server). As far as I know, ...
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Why Are Excel 2010 Files Locked By Logged-Off Or Account-Disabled Users

I manage IT for a medium sized company that shares a lot of Excel 2010 files between users at various times of the day. We're using a Terminal Server environment (S2008R2). Sometimes, a user will ...
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File in mapped network folder changes to read-only while editing

... the title is not strictly correct. I can "save-as" over the top of the same file via the UNC path. Yes, that's weird. Trying to save-as over the top of that again via the mapped path triggers a ...
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tune2fs: No such device or address while trying to open /dev/sda1?

My hard disk is going to bad: Apr 3 20:26:48 207 kernel: aacraid: Host adapter abort request (0,0,0,0) Apr 3 20:26:48 207 kernel: aacraid: Host adapter reset request. SCSI hang ? Apr 3 20:26:58 ...
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Read-Only files causing problems on SBS Server 2008

I've manually migrated (Copy & Paste) a fairly large folder (~100GB) from an old Small Business Server 2003, to a new folder on SBS 2008 server. The folder is a 'shared' area, with full access ...
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MSSQL db_datareader to All databases

I have 100 databases in MSSQL 2008 Server. I need to create a read only user to read all these databases. Is there a server wide role: db_datareader I can assigned the user to, so that I don't need to ...
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filesystem on shared host mounted read-only

Lately on a shared host, the filesystem containing my home folder was mounted read-only for 45 minutes to 1 hour. The technical support did not know about the outage, evaded direct questions. After a ...
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How do I create a read only MySQL user for backup purposes with mysqldump?

I'm using the automysqlbackup script to dump my mysql databases, but I want to have a read-only user to do this with so that I'm not storing my root database password in a plaintext file. I've ...
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mount: cannot remount block device /dev/sda5 read-write, is write-protected

Everything is working as usual except the disk is read-only and don't want to change back. thanks. root@NODE02:/tmp# df . Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda5 ...
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HD will go into readonly mode

I'm running into a problem with some disks on an Ubuntu system. They keep going into readonly mode. We have systems running in 5 different ski resorts and this problem has now occurred in 3 of them. ...
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Problem modifying read-only files on Samba NAS

I have files on a Samba server in the local company network and accessing them from a Windows Vista machine. Usually, if I want to delete a directory containing read-only files, Windows simply deletes ...
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SVN: How to setup a read-only branch in Subversion?

As lead web developer for my employer's organization, I'm responsible for configuring and maintaining an SVN repository for each of our web applications. Each has several archived versions and at ...
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Filesystem is read-write but acts like read-only... remounting fixed it?

CentOS 5.5 I just came across an instance where my /storage directory was supposedly a read-only file system. I get the error: mkdir: cannot create directory `test': Read-only file system df: ...
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Running exchange in read-only mode

After a move to new servers, an old exchange 5.5 server must be switched to read-only operation mode. I have tried putting limits in "message delivery->properties->Defaults" sending message size : ...
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Running Linux on a read only disk - possible?

I'm wondering if it is possible to run a Linux server from a read only disk, specifically CentOS 5.4. Our system has a number of Linux machines each with their own disk with it's OS installed. ...
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Harddrive issue "read-only"

I'm having an issue where when i mount my partition a few hours later it becomes read-only. Currently i run: fuser -m -k /dev/sdb1 umount /dev/sdb1 fsck -y /dev/sdb1 mount /dev/sdb1 That allows me ...
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Read only bind-mount?

I use mount -o bind to mount directories inside chroots, which works really well. The problem is that I'd like some of these bind-mounted directories to be read only in chroot. Is it possible? If not ...
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How do you re-mount an ext3 fs readwrite after it gets mounted readonly from a disk error?

Its a relatively common problem when something goes wrong in a SAN for ext3 to detect the disk write errors and remount the filesystem read-only. Thats all well and good, only when the SAN is fixed ...
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Image Management System with Different Levels of Access

I work in the graphics department for a real estate brokerage, and we deal with a lot of photos. Agents take the photos, upload them to me, I touch up and standardize the photos, then I add them to ...
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Delegate "Read" Ability to GPO's

Is there a way to allow a non-administrator to "read" (as in browse and look at the settings) of domain gpo's? I see in GPMC there is an option to allow delegation of "Read Group Policy Results ...
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Is it safe to make the wwwroot folder writeable?

I am trying to use IIS7 web server. I found out that I cannot edit (or create) files in this directory. The reason for that is that this directory has read-only permissions. I could change this ...
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Does the Read-Only configuration of a DC apply only to Active Directory?

Firstly, I'm not sure how friendly the users of this site are to students but my question seems to be well suited. I am configuring a domain with multiple Windows Server 2008 machines and am curious ...
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USB Drive becomes read-only after a while

Our backup "solution" includes hooking up a USB drive to the backup server, and running a custom script that rsyncs the data on to the USB drive. However, after a while, the drive becomes read-only. ...
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Deny Stored Procedure Data Modification by User Security

I want an easy way to make a read-only user on my database. The user should have permission to execute stored procedures only if they don't modify data. I don't want to figure out which stored ...
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