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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 16:06:52 -0500
- From: Peter William Wieland <pw1r+@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Subject: HELP: Problems with groups
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- I've been having problems getting the user directory's (home/peter,
- home/alex, etc...) group set properly. Linux seems to change them back
- on the fly.
-
- I've made a new group using groupadd, made the new users using useradd
- and then tried to chgrp their home directories. The group changes and
- shows up properly when I do an ls -l, but after about 30 seconds, the
- group is changed to 232 or 233 (neither of which exists in /etc/group).
- I've noticed, however, that the group won't change back if that user is
- logged in on another console, but once you logout the group changes
- shortly after.
-
- I've tried syncing immediately afterwards but the group still changes
- thirty seconds (or so) later. I've tried adding the group by hand to
- /etc/group and adding the users by hand to /etc/passwd but it won't work
- right.
-
- Has anyone had this happen to them before. I've been working on two
- separate installations of SLS 1.0 and it happens on both of them. Is
- there some way to get around/fix this bug, or am I just being really
- stupid?
-
- Thanx
- -Peter Wieland
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- None of the ideas expressed above are acutally mine. They are told to
- me by Luthor and Ferdinand, the five inch tall space aliens who live
- under my desk. In return for these ideas, I have given them persmision
- to eat any dust bunnies they may find under there.
- Peter Wieland pw1r+@andrew.cmu.edu dmonger+@cmu.edu
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