On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 10:49 PM, James Phillips <anti_spam...@yahoo.ca>wrote:
> Hello, > > I wanted to create a shared directory writable by all users. When 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 > "Share" directory. However, when I re-created the directory owned by a > special-purpose "Share" user, I ran into the same problem again. > > $ cd > $ pwd > /home/james > $ cd /home/Share > $ ls -la > total 4 > drwxrwxr-x 2 root users 512 Nov 14 09:39 . > drwxr-xr-x 5 root wheel 512 Nov 14 09:39 .. > $ grep users /etc/group > users:*:100:james,backup > $ cat > test.txt > What? now it worked? > $ ls > test.txt > $ rm test.txt > > ***After creating a special "Share" user*** > > $ cd /home/Share > $ ls -la > total 4 > drwxrwxr-x 2 Share Share 512 Nov 17 21:04 . > drwxr-xr-x 5 root wheel 512 Nov 17 21:04 .. > $ cat > test.txt > cannot create test.txt: Permission denied > $ grep Share /etc/group > Share:*:1003:james,backup > $ > > Incidentally, 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 only > export users and groups in the range of 1001-2000. > > Regards, > > James Phillips > > PS: the first time, I made the mistake of adding whitespace in /etc/group > (daily run checks this somehow) > Is a blank line required at the end of the file? > PPS: Tried adding blank line: no effect. > > Have you tried the handbook? http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/network-nis.html -- Adam Vande More _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
