How to mount /usr file system in read write mode

Technically the command is:

mount -o remount,rw /usr

*BUT* I've never heard of Veritas NB stopping /usr from being mounted RW.  This usually happens when a system reboots but something is wrong with the file system on the box and the automagic fsck won't fix the problems its found because they are too severe.

Did your system go down hard recently ?
Have you had disk issues with this box recently ?
Have the disks been making weird noises ?

Check the /etc/vfstab - by the sounds of it there is an option in there that is telling the system to mount /usr with read only permission (usually a "-r" switch). You can remove this option. AFAIK - the system would need a reboot to apply these changes.

sorry - will be a "ro" switch - not just an "r" as I previously stated.

Grass-hopper,

Assuming there is nothing wrong causing the file system to be mounted a specific way (e.g. cuz an admin put something in /etc/vfstab like read-only mode), no, the system doesn't have to be rebooted.  See the mount and mount_ufs man pages and look at the "-o remount" switch.

I was always under the impression that /usr could not be mounted/unmounted in "live" mode - however I now stand corrected!!

A "mount -o remount,...." doesn't physically unmount and then remount the file system.  It changes the various mount flags.  

hi all,


/root>mount
/ on /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0 read/write/setuid/intr/largefiles/onerror=panic/dev=800000 on Tue Apr 25 13:27:51 2006
/usr on /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s4 read only/setuid/intr/largefiles/onerror=panic/dev=800004 on Tue Apr 25 13:27:50 2006
/proc on /proc read/write/setuid/dev=4400000 on Tue Apr 25 13:27:50 2006
/dev/fd on fd read/write/setuid/dev=4500000 on Tue Apr 25 13:49:54 2006
/etc/mnttab on mnttab read/write/setuid/dev=45c0000 on Tue Apr 25 13:49:55 2006
/var on /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s5 read/write/setuid/intr/largefiles/onerror=panic/dev=800005 on Tue Apr 25 13:49:56 2006
/var/run on swap read/write/setuid/dev=1 on Tue Apr 25 13:49:56 2006
/tmp on swap read/write/setuid/dev=2 on Tue Apr 25 13:49:57 2006
/opt on /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s3 read/write/setuid/intr/largefiles/onerror=panic/dev=800003 on Tue Apr 25 13:49:57 2006
/cdrom/nb_45_opt on /vol/dev/dsk/c0t6d0/nb_45_opt read only/nosuid/maplcase/noglobal/rr/traildot/dev=16c0001 on Tue Apr 25 13:50:15 2006


This is my /etc/vfstab file there is no read only given but still it shows the same



:/root>more /etc/vfstab
#device         device          mount           FS      fsck    mount   mount
#to mount       to fsck         point           type    pass    at boot options
#
#/dev/dsk/c1d0s2 /dev/rdsk/c1d0s2 /usr          ufs     1       yes     -
fd      -       /dev/fd fd      -       no      -
/proc   -       /proc   proc    -       no      -
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s1       -       -       swap    -       no      -
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0       /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s0      /       ufs     1       no      -
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s4       /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s4      /usr    ufs     1       no      -
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s5       /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s5      /var    ufs     1       no      -
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s3       /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s3      /opt    ufs     2       yes     -
swap    -       /tmp    tmpfs   -       yes     -

i tried the command which is given but it does not seems to be working
mount -o remount,rw /usr

please advice me how to go a head.

Hi all,

when i run the command
mount -o remount,rw /usr
i got this error
mount: the state of /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s4 is not okay
        and it was attempted to be mounted read/write
mount: Please run fsck and try again

Then I went to single user mode and ran fsck -y /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s4

Then restarted the multiuser mode and now if i give the mount command it shows
:/root>mount
/ on /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0 read/write/setuid/intr/largefiles/onerror=panic/dev=800000 on Wed Apr 26 00:38:17 2006
/usr on /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s4 read/write/setuid/intr/largefiles/onerror=panic/dev=800004 on Wed Apr 26 00:38:18 2006

Now even my netbackup administration console also opens and backup is going on.

Thanks to all for your support
Prakash