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I created a folder structure as root and now need to transfer ownership to an ordinary user.
This question is linked to this one - Providing permission to specific user to access NFS share
I have a folder /srv/app-share that needs to be visible/writeable to user1
I tried (as root):
root@server [/]# chown -R user1:user1 /srv/
But that did not work.
siliconpi
Posted 2010-10-11T12:24:48.823
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What messages did you get, any errors? Did you try without the last slash in /srv/ so that it specifically indicates the directory itself?
As simple test confirms it works my side, however I did not specify a group:
root@server [/]# chown -R user1: /srv/
Perhaps there is no group called 'user1' in your case? run groups | grep user1 and see if you have that user group.
invert
Posted 2010-10-11T12:24:48.823
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Interesting - you were right that there is no group as user1, but even using your command, as user1, I'm still not able to see/navigate to /srv – siliconpi – 2010-10-11T12:43:16.400
Im confused, you can't navigate to /srv? Does it not exist then? I thought you can't set the owner. – invert – 2010-10-11T13:57:16.457
what does
ls -a /srv/show you? I get an empty dir. ..– invert – 2010-10-11T13:58:15.923It was created by root, and the root can navigate to it. But after chown-ing it, it's not visible for user1 (/srv) – siliconpi – 2010-10-11T15:00:02.697
umm - just for clarification, it wasnt visible before to user1 either... – siliconpi – 2010-10-11T15:28:54.897
I think you are trying to set the directory owner on a machine that does not exist on that machine. Why not map the share into user1's /home, so that the share and all files fall under user1 implicitly? – invert – 2010-10-12T09:17:53.880