Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] DL 1.3.6-2008-08-28-i686 Error message on save-config

[Bruce S. <bw...@re...>]

> I am delighted to say that having previously been unable to boot our DL
> machine with a DL 1.3 testing release I now succeeded with
> devil-linux-1.3.6-2008-08-28-i686-bs - thanks!

Great!

> But when I save the configuration back onto the USB stick I see:
>
>    root@Samba:~ # save-config -q
>    using device /dev/sda1
>    Updating file on device...
>    Saving current configuration
>    tar: etc-mods/samba/lock/winbindd_privileged/pipe: socket ignored
>    chmod: changing permissions of `/var/adm/mount/etc-mods.tar.bz2':
> Operation not permitted
>    Configuration saved
>
> So there seems to be a tar error and then a chmod error. I haven't yet
> rebooted the DL machine after the initial reconfiguration, because
> although it says the configuration is saved I am unsure if it has worked
> or if I will have problems upon reboot. Can I just ignore these
> messages? Grateful for any advice.

Yes, those warning messages can be ignored.

The 'socket ignored' message is common with tar, since sockets are not
"real files" and hence cannot be backed up.  They don't contain any
real data (no need to back them up) and are dynamically created by the
applications when needed.

The 'chmod' message is because the Dos/Windows filesystem (vfat)
doesn't support Linux/Unix file permissions, and it's just a warning
telling you that.  If you were to reformat your config media with a
Linux filesystem, the message would go away (but you would no longer
be able to read the media in a Windows machine).  So just ignore it.

I might take a look at the save-config script sometime, and skip the
chmod command if it's vfat.

 - BS