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Filesystem is Read Only

July 15, 2011 • Customer Services       
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The CensorNet server file system is read only, there are session_start() warninigs on the web admin panel and you are unable to login

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The file system will turn read only if errors are detected. This is a safety measure to prevent further corruption to data. This may suggest there is a problem with the hard disk or the CensorNet server has not been shut down gracefully.

You will need to log in to the CensorNet server as root at the console (e.g. keyboard and monitor attached or virtual machine console) rather than running the following commands from a remote SSH session (Putty, etc).

fsck -y /dev/sda1

Wait for it to finish and then reboot the system. Log in as root and try and write a file, e.g. type touch test.txt If there is no error, the problem is fixed.

If the system is still read only, try the following command:

e2fsck -f -v -c /dev/sda1

Wait for it to finish and then reboot the system. Try again to write the file.

If the problem persists it is unlikely it can easily be fixed. Please contact technical support for further advice.

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