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Re: permissions/owners seen on cygwin-client vs. server


Linda Walsh wrote:
I get two different views of my server's "/home" directory
depending on if I'm on the server or under cygwin on a client.

On the server, I see things like:
drwsrwsrwt   2 lin      users       14 Nov 24  2006 NT_Perflogs/
drwxr-s---   2 root     private     24 Jul 26  2006 archive/
drwsr-s---   4 backup   backup      94 May 14 13:53 backup/
drwxr-xr-x   4 lin      devel      103 Jan  6  2007 bench/
drwxr-sr-x   3 lin      devel       16 Jan 27  2007 cygwin/
drwxr-x--x   4 guest    guest      176 May  6  2003 guest/
drwxr-x--- 115 lin      lingrp   12288 Aug 16 16:08 lin/
drwxr-s--x  33 lin      devel     4096 May 19 03:50 linux/
drwxr-x---   5 mailtest nogroup    131 May  6  2003 mailtest/
drwxr-xr-x   6 root     root       188 Jul 31 19:21 packages/
drwxr-s---   4 root     samba       36 Jul 28  2005 samba/
drwxr-s--x  20 lin      wheel     4096 Jun  9 17:09 tools/
drwsrws--x   4 wwwrun   wwwrun      29 Jul 20  2006 www/

but locally, I see:
drwxr-x--- 1 lin Administrators 0 Nov 24  2006 NT_Perflogs/
drwxr-x--- 1 lin Administrators 0 Jul 26  2006 archive/
drwxr-x--- 1 lin Administrators 0 May 14 13:53 backup/
drwxr-x--- 1 lin Administrators 0 Jan  6  2007 bench/
drwxr-x--- 1 lin Administrators 0 Jan 27  2007 cygwin/
drwxr-x--- 1 lin Administrators 0 May  6  2003 guest/
drwxr-x--- 1 lin Administrators 0 Aug 16 16:08 lin/
drwxr-x--- 1 lin Administrators 0 May 19 03:50 linux/
drwxr-x--- 1 lin Administrators 0 May  6  2003 mailtest/
drwxr-x--- 1 lin Administrators 0 Jul 31 19:21 packages/
drwxr-x--- 1 lin Administrators 0 Aug 19  2006 projects/
drwxr-x--- 1 lin Administrators 0 Jul 28  2005 samba/
drwxr-x--- 1 lin Administrators 0 Feb 11  2006 src/
drwxr-x--- 1 lin Administrators 0 Jun  9 17:09 tools/
drwxr-x--- 1 lin Administrators 0 Jul 20  2006 www/
--------
So why such a difference?  Shouldn't I see something other than my own
user & group name?
The permissions seems to function as seen from top(server) view:
//server/home> ll backup
ls: reading directory backup: Permission denied
total 0
//server/home> ll guest
ls: reading directory guest: Permission denied
total 0

I "guess" the permissions, owners and groups I see on files on
when on my client really aren't too reliable or am I missing
something...?


Quite a bit, I'm afraid.  Linda, you've been around long enough that
we shouldn't have to ask for basic information like cygcheck output
and other bootstrap information.  What, exactly, is this server?
How are you connecting to it from the client?  What protocols are
involved?  How have you configured them?  All this information
at least is necessary for someone here to start providing any useful
feedback.  Without it, all we can do is guess.  Don't make us guess.
It's not very accurate. ;-)


-- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746

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