caroline@pangea.Stanford.EDU (Caroline Lambert) (08/28/90)
Thanks to all who responded on this - even the suggestions that didn't lead to the solution are useful in pointing out where potential problems might occur (I'm new at this stuff, in case you hadn't guessed). Anyhow, the problem was a file hiding under an NFS mount - I wasn't aware that those directories were writable while the partition in question is mounted, but now I know. One of the morals of this story is to be careful about who gets root access! -- Caroline Lambert Department of Geophysics My employer is not AA6BA Stanford University responsible for my caroline@pangea.Stanford.EDU Stanford, CA 94305 irresponsibilities