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- From: parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Tom J Parry)
- Subject: Re: Two queries
- Message-ID: <1992Dec19.013830.29172@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>
- Originator: parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au
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- Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
- References: <1992Dec16.123126.24182@infodev.cam.ac.uk>
- Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 01:38:30 GMT
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- T.J.R. Cutts (tjrc1@cus.cam.ac.uk) wrote:
- >1) I am trying to compile kernel 0.99 on my machine. I have got an error which
- >I have not yet seen mentioned, and which (as a non-C programmer) I do not have
- >a clue how to deal with! This is the error:
-
- >kernel/kernel.o: undefined symbol _store_TR referenced from text segment
-
- Weird. I would probably do a 'make clean dep' and remake the thing. If you
- have already done this, then try to find out where store_TR is defined,
- [Having just looked, it is a #define in <linux/sched.h>]. That being the case,
- are you sure that /usr/include/linux is a soft link to
- /usr/src/linux/include/linux (and similarly for /usr/include/asm)?
- You could be using old include files.
-
- >2) To keep data files separate from others, last week I moved /usr/users onto a
- >separate partition from the rest of the /usr tree. Now when I try to log in as
- >anybody other than root, most commands work, after giving huge numbers of
- >'Permission denied' errors. User and group ownership of the home directories
- >are correct, and as far as I can see from logging in as a user (amongst the
- >'Permission denied's'!) I have the correct read/write/execute permissions in
- >directories such as /bin and /usr/bin. What's going on?
-
- Probably you do not have execute permission for others on your /home
- directory. This will prevent anyone other than root from referencing files/
- directories in /home (or whatever you called it).
-
- --
- Tom J Parry.
- Your reality is a figment of my imagination.
-