Unix Permission Problem After a CPU Crash

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> Subject: Re: Unix Permission Problem After a CPU Crash
> 
> Confusious (Del) say:
> >
> > I am assuming that the operating system was doing something to that
> > file when the system crashed, and that it was locked somehow during
> the
> > operation and never got unlocked.  I don't know who user "103" is,
> but it
> > must be operating system related, and it is a user that even locks
> out
> > root.
> 
> I don't know why you're making that assumption, but it's probably not
> valid.  Based on the behaviour in general, I'd say the inode may be
> corrupt.  Have you run an fsck on the partition in question?
> 
> > Can anybody shed light on what is going on here?  I have never seen
> > anything like it before, and the file is one of the most important in
> the
> > system.  Furthermore, the user does not have a recent backup because
> his
> > tape drive failed and he was in the process of getting a new one.
> 
> Gotta hate timing like that.
> 
> Try an fsck on the relevant partition.
> 
> mark->

Mark,

Isn't that they it always works, disaster occurs when the device needed to
avoid a problem fails?

UPS battery needs replacing and the power goes out.  Tape drive failure.  Or
even better, how about the tape drive failing and you backups are corrupt?
I know there are companies out there who have never, never, rep[laced a file
or reloaded their system from a tape.  They have no idea if the tapes are
good.  Many of them don't check the backup logs.  For the most part these
are small companies who think it won't happen to them.


It's bad enough with individuals who don't backup or save the files on their
home computers and then the drive fails and they call to ask, "can you get
this back for me?".  Had one person who had to send the drive out for a few
thousand dollars to have the drive recovered as his financials were on the
drive and he was about to undergo an IRS audit.  

Richard