remove .Xauthority failed

[pompom]

Hi,

I am using filezilla to transfer files from one desktop to another (long distance), but in the middle of file transfer, the process hung, so I had to kill filezilla and now after restart my desktop, I can no longer transfer files.
Because it is not a clean exit from filezilla, I need to remove .Xauthority file but can not delete, here
is the error, please help

[Pom@PomLinux Pom]# su -
[root@PomLinux ~]# pwd
/root
[root@PomLinux ~]# ls -al /home/Pom/.Xauthority
-rw------- 1 Pom Pom 270 Jul 3 19:25 /home/Pom/.Xauthority
[root@PomLinux ~]# rm /home/Pom/.Xauthority
rm: remove regular file `/home/Pom/.Xauthority'? y
rm: cannot remove `/home/Pom/.Xauthority': Read-only file system

thanks

[pompom]

I want to add the following info:
chown or chmod of the file do not work either.

[botg]

rm: cannot remove `/home/Pom/.Xauthority': Read-only file system

Your filesystem is mounted read-only.

[pompom]

But if it is read only, then I should not be able to create a new file to the $HOME directory, correct?

How can I change it, please

thanks

btw: here is the output of mount command, all read and write.

[root@PomLinux ~]# mount
/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 on / type ext3 (rw)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
/dev/sda2 on /boot type ext3 (rw)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
/dev/sda1 on /mnt/windows type fuse (rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,allow_other)
none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw)
sunrpc on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw)
automount(pid1953) on /net type autofs (rw,fd=4,pgrp=1953,minproto=2,maxproto=4)

thanks again.

[botg]

Perhaps filesystem damage? Try forcing an fsck run.

[boco]

Linux usually checks for filesystem damage on startup and runs fsck if necessary.

[pompom]

thanks.

After reboot my remote desktop, I can login back in and transfer file again.

I think there is a new .Xauthority file created.