[plug] Debian puzzle, very weird (chmod etc)

[Leon Brooks]

On Monday 07 April 2003 19:58, indy at THE-TECH.MIT.EDU wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 07, 2003 at 07:35:58PM +0800, Leon Brooks wrote:
>> Running chmod et al from the console doesn't seem to trigger Machine A's
>> lunacy.

> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> this is a bit confusing? you mean touch,chmod,chown only cause problems
> from a remote session?

Badly phrased: any console, including a virtual one. Perhaps `from a terminal' 
would have been more appropriate. Sorry.

Cheers; Leon