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Re: permission problems..

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Subject: Re: permission problems..
From: pedretti@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 11:04:38 -0500
References: <200106041521.f54FLTW29906@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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We are seeing the same problem here.  I believe it is caused by mixed nfs and
local access to files but haven't been able to isolate anything reproducible.  
Is
there anything I can fall back to that doesn't have this problem?  -- but keeps
the improved nfs under load characteristics of the current cvs.

Thanks,
Kevin

Steve Lord wrote:

> 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.
> >
> > *****************************
> > Walter Marchuk
> > Senior Computer Specialist
> > University of Washington
> > Electrical Engineering
> > Room: 307g
> > 206-221-5421
> > marchuk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > *****************************
> >
> > 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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