[Gllug] strange cp error

Richard Jones rich at annexia.org
Wed Jun 6 07:37:33 UTC 2007


On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 09:20:33AM +0200, salsaman at xs4all.nl wrote:
> I`m setting up a new machine, and just got a strange error which I`ve
> never seen before:
> 
> [root at localhost lives]# /bin/cp ./foo /usr/bin
> cp: setting attributes for `/usr/bin/foo': Operation not supported
> 
> What is causing this, and how do I stop it from happening ?

Try doing 'strace' of the process.

Rich.

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