You should add user grib to the Coda protection database using pdbtool on
the SCM.  Set it's userid to what it is on Linux.  Let me know if that
helps.

- Peter -

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Gribble [mailto:grib_at_cs.utexas.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 1999 12:38 PM
> To: codalist_at_TELEMANN.CODA.CS.CMU.EDU
> Subject: Changing ownership of coda-mounted directories?
>
>
> I'm a CODA novice (no/vice?) and am having a load of fun playing with
> it.  Unfortunately I'm also trying to work with it so there are
> practical questions that have to be answered.
>
> This is a coda-5.2.2 server and client installed on Linux 2.2.7 from
> the Debian packages of same.  There are 3 servers in the cell and
> I'm working on the SCM machine.
>
> I can't seem to change the ownership of any directories created in the
> /coda mounted filesystem (normal files have no problem).  Every time I
> try, I get the following error:
>
> # clog coda-admin
> username: coda-admin
> Password:
> # pwd
> /coda/home/grib
> # ls -l
> drwxr-xr-x   2 coda-adm nogroup      2048 May 26 13:06 temp
> # chown grib temp
> chown: temp: Invalid argument
> # uname -a
> Linux glare 2.2.7 #1 Mon May 3 14:36:26 CDT 1999 i686 unknown
>
> AFAICT I should be able to change the owner of a directory; I can't
> see a way to do it with cfs, so I assume the standard chown should
> work.  Any help out there?
>
> Thanks,
> Bill Gribble
>
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