Unable to change permission of log folder("Read Only file system")

[Charlie Kravetz]

On Tue, 7 Apr 2009 21:50:51 +0530
dheeraj bansal <bansalcooldheeraj at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> I am not able to change the permission of log folder at the location
> /var/log , and the prompt is "cannot change permission, read only file
> system". Can anybody tell me what does this "Read only file system"
> means and how this problem can be fixed. Any sort of help will be
> appreciated.
> 
> Thanks and Regards,
> Dheeraj Bansal

In this case, it probably means it is owned by "root" and you as a user
have read only permissions. 

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