Hi all,
I am getting chmod permission problems on files that are members of
one group but owned by another person. Whoever owns the file can chmod
the file but if you're just a member of the group you get the permission
denied messages. I see this behavior on FC3 and FC4. I have disabled
selinux, removed the password 'x' from the group file and have the
following line in /etc/group:
cvsuser::500:davs2rt,randall,rgallagher,maxb,breeze
So if a file is owned by cvsuser and the group id is cvsuser, then
none of the other members of the group can chmod the file. Oddly the
members can remove the file, rename the file, copy over the file, write
to the file (assuming permissions) but not chmod it. Cvs won't anyone
login and I'm assuming the problem is the chmod problem.
The id command for the user breeze is:
uid=507(breeze) gid=507(breeze)
groups=100(users),105(cvs),500(cvsuser),507(breeze)
The password entries for cvsuser and breeze are:
cvsuser:x:500:500::/home/cvsuser:/bin/bash
breeze:x:507:507::/home/breeze:/bin/bash
So what am I missing? What else should I try?
bill rees
