Coda File System

RE: Changing ownership of coda-mounted directories?

From: Peter J. Braam <braam_at_cs.cmu.edu>
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 12:47:26 -0600
You should add user grib to the Coda protection database using pdbtool on
the SCM.  Set it's userid to what it is on Linux.  Let me know if that
helps.

- Peter -

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Gribble [mailto:grib_at_cs.utexas.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 1999 12:38 PM
> To: codalist_at_TELEMANN.CODA.CS.CMU.EDU
> Subject: Changing ownership of coda-mounted directories?
>
>
> I'm a CODA novice (no/vice?) and am having a load of fun playing with
> it.  Unfortunately I'm also trying to work with it so there are
> practical questions that have to be answered.
>
> This is a coda-5.2.2 server and client installed on Linux 2.2.7 from
> the Debian packages of same.  There are 3 servers in the cell and
> I'm working on the SCM machine.
>
> I can't seem to change the ownership of any directories created in the
> /coda mounted filesystem (normal files have no problem).  Every time I
> try, I get the following error:
>
> # clog coda-admin
> username: coda-admin
> Password:
> # pwd
> /coda/home/grib
> # ls -l
> drwxr-xr-x   2 coda-adm nogroup      2048 May 26 13:06 temp
> # chown grib temp
> chown: temp: Invalid argument
> # uname -a
> Linux glare 2.2.7 #1 Mon May 3 14:36:26 CDT 1999 i686 unknown
>
> AFAICT I should be able to change the owner of a directory; I can't
> see a way to do it with cfs, so I assume the standard chown should
> work.  Any help out there?
>
> Thanks,
> Bill Gribble
>
>
>
>
Received on 1999-05-26 14:46:42