Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:49:19 -0800 (PST) From: James Phillips <anti_spam256@yahoo.ca> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Do permissions take time to take effect? Message-ID: <727196.65984.qm@web65510.mail.ac4.yahoo.com>
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Hello,=0A=0AI wanted to create a shared directory writable by all users. Wh= en it initially failed, I assumed there may be a blanket ban on writing to = directories owned by root. Today, I was able to write to the root-owned "Sh= are" directory. However, when I re-created the directory owned by a special= -purpose "Share" user, I ran into the same problem again.=0A=0A$ cd=0A$ pw= d=0A/home/james=0A$ cd /home/Share=0A$ ls -la=0Atotal 4=0Adrwxrwxr-x 2 roo= t users 512 Nov 14 09:39 .=0Adrwxr-xr-x 5 root wheel 512 Nov 14 09:39 = ..=0A$ grep users /etc/group=0Ausers:*:100:james,backup=0A$ cat > test.txt= =0AWhat? now it worked?=0A$ ls=0Atest.txt=0A$ rm test.txt=0A=0A***After cre= ating a special "Share" user***=0A=0A$ cd /home/Share=0A$ ls -la=0Atotal 4= =0Adrwxrwxr-x 2 Share Share 512 Nov 17 21:04 .=0Adrwxr-xr-x 5 root wh= eel 512 Nov 17 21:04 ..=0A$ cat > test.txt=0Acannot create test.txt: Permi= ssion denied=0A$ grep Share /etc/group=0AShare:*:1003:james,backup=0A$=0A= =0AIncidentally, I had another reason for creating a special-purpose "Share= " user: I am exporting /home to Debian (Linux) clients. Since the "system" = groups conflict with the Debian choices, I modified /var/yp/Makefile to onl= y export users and groups in the range of 1001-2000.=0A=0ARegards,=0A=0AJam= es Phillips=0A=0APS: the first time, I made the mistake of adding whitespac= e in /etc/group (daily run checks this somehow)=0AIs a blank line required = at the end of the file?=0APPS: Tried adding blank line: no effect.=0A=0A=0A= =0A __________________________________________________________________= =0AMake your browsing faster, safer, and easier with the new Internet Explo= rer=AE 8. Optimized for Yahoo! Get it Now for Free! at http://downloads.yah= oo.com/ca/internetexplorer/
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