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Re: permission problems..

To: marchuk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: permission problems..
From: Steve Lord <lord@xxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2001 10:21:29 -0500
Cc: Steve Lord <lord@xxxxxxx>, Felix Ide <ide@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: Message from marchuk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx of "Mon, 04 Jun 2001 08:15:50 PDT." <Pine.LNX.4.21.0106040813430.8289-100000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Is this happening via NFS access, or local access? If I cannot find a quick
fix I can back out the change which is probably at the back of this.

Steve

> It changes permissions which seems to be at random.  It doesnt just change
> a single file but will change permissions in the whole directory.  So it
> doesnt change random files just random directories and inside those random
> directories.  All I can say is that my users randomly see permissions
> change and sometimes several times a day.
> 
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> 
> On Mon, 4 Jun 2001, Steve Lord wrote:
> 
> > > marchuk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > I am using the latest CVS tree, one from Friday, and I noticed a strang
> e
> > > > problem.  Every once in a while permissions get reset for some
> > > > directories, I mean all permissions are removed.  Has anyone noticed th
> is
> > > > problem and is this XFS related?
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > I have the same problem here using the cvs tree from today (monday) !
> > > After installation and reboot some files and directories are chmod'ed to
> > > 000 !
> > > 
> > > Felix
> > 
> > Hmm, there was an 'optimization' a couple of weeks back which could explain
> > this. Do you have any pointers to what coincides with this, and what the
> > first operation is that causes you to discover missing permissions?
> > 
> > Steve
> > 
> > 



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