lsattr: no such file or directory while trying to stat...

acampbell · 12-01-2003, 09:46 AM

Following the suggestion in the Security Quickstart HOWTO I did:
/usr/bin/lsattr `echo $PATH | tr ':' ' '` | grep i--

This produced:

/usr/bin/lsattr: No such file or directory while trying to stat /usr/local/java.sun/java.current/bin

I did have such a directory some time ago but I deleted it. Is there any way I can delete thiis reference? (fsck did not do it).

unSpawn · 12-01-2003, 10:51 AM

I did have such a directory some time ago but I deleted it.
If you mean it's a symbolic link that points to a non-existing file or directory, just remove the symbolic link.

acampbell · 12-01-2003, 11:54 AM

No, I can't find any relevant symlink. If I make the appropriate directory the message disappears but when I delete it it comes back. I can only suppose there is an inode which points to this non-existent directory but I don't know how to find it.

unSpawn · 12-01-2003, 01:14 PM

Try this then (w/o outer quotes): "find / -type l -printf "%p %l\n"|grep -Eie "(java|bin)""
If there's any results, then the first column will contain the symlink and the second column the file it points to, which you should grep for.

acampbell · 12-01-2003, 01:55 PM

No luck, I'm afraid. No links pointing to that non-existent path show up; and locate gives the same.

unSpawn · 12-01-2003, 02:10 PM

Oh, Fsck. Just treeing up the wronk bark I guess. Isn't this just a leftover in your $PATH statement? If you "echo $PATH", does it contain /usr/local/java.sun/java.current/bin? To remove it, you must remove it from the PATH statement in the initialisation files your shell uses (in ~/). If it's globally set, check in /etc.

acampbell · 12-01-2003, 02:41 PM

Yes!! Brilliant, thank you very much. Now working correctly. We live and learn...