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

[dheeraj bansal]

I have logged in as root itself and I am not able to change the file
permissions as suddenly it is "Read only file system" and the problem is
just /var and its sub-directories.

On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 10:09 PM, Charlie Kravetz <cjk at teamcharliesangels.com
> wrote:

> 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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