input output errors when trying to remove a dir

[nagchampa]

I set up some dirs on my home area and I used them as mount points for Samba. I can't mount to those dirs anymore, when I try to delete the dir I get

rmdir: warez: No such file or directory

when I try just rm
rm: cannot remove `warez': Input/output error

any insight on that?

[Pras]

Are the directories still there? You could try rm -rf warez which will recursively & forcefully remove it.

[nagchampa]

yes and I still get the input output error. from a telnet session. I will try to get it from the console but that shouldn't matter

[Pras]

Try unmounting them first (smbumount), and then deleting them.

[ 07 September 2001: Message edited by: Pras ]

[nagchampa]

as superuser you should have all rights so that you can remotely administer the machine...

tehn again

[nagchampa]

ok here is a new one... now more DIRs that are to be mount points are getting input output errors in them...

anyone have any idea?

[Evil Jeff]

Are you trying to delete remote directories that have been smbmounted in a local directory or delete local directories that you are using to smbmount remote shares on? If it is a local share, make sure that you have umounted the share/directory. If it is remote, make sure that you have the correct permissions for that share. Try passing the -o username=foo option for protected shares.

[nagchampa]

well I forgot (becauase of a short power loss) that some of the mounts were lost. the linux server stayed up but freaked out.

after I rebooted the server ( perish the thought) they showed up fine and were deletable..