Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 16:21:11 -0800 From: Jerry Preeper <preeper@cts.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: permissions problem - users/groups Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19991220162111.041f1610@crash.cts.com>
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I'm wondering if someone might be able to help with what seems to be a weird problem with a permissions denied errors... I have a user named karen, who belongs to 10 different groups. Since updating to proftpd pre9 (I believe this is what triggered this change - but I can't be sure), she seems to be having a problem getting into only one of the areas of the site that she is included in a group for. /etc/group (snippets) karen:*:6001: nhl:*:6100:sports,karen,nhl,rangers,redwings,flyers..... (12 more entries follow - all on one line) nfl:*:6200:sports,karen,nfl,jaguars,chiefs,patriots.... (4 more entries follow - all on one line) # id karen uid=6001(karen) gid=6001(karen) groups=6001(karen) 6100(nhl) 6200(nfl) (7 more groups follow) from vipw karen:password:6001:6001::0:0:Karen Jones:/www/home/htdocs/./:/bin/ftponly Naturally, the /bin/ftponly is being used to jail her to only this area of the server. That shell is valid, I have about 100 other users all using the same one and no-one else seems to be having a problem. Now, if I ftp in using Karen's id, I can access what seems to be every one of the group areas of the site except for nhl If I go into the nfl area, I can upload files fine, same with others, however, whenever I go into the nhl area, I get a permission denied error under /www/home/htdocs, I have the following (snippets) drwxrwxr-x 37 nfl nfl 3584 Dec 20 16:46 nfl drwxrwxr-x 51 nhl nhl 4096 Dec 17 21:45 nhl so the permissions appear to be identical on both directories. I'm pretty sure it doesn't have anything to do with the number of subdirectories, because I added karen to another group with 57 subdirectories, and I could upload a file fine there. Also, I can add her to other groups and then she can get in there fine. If I take her back out of the group, just as expected, I get a permission denied error. I know it can't be a quota problem, because karen can upload that file in other places... This is just really weird and I don't know where else to look. I'm running 2.2.8 in case that matters, along with proftpd pre9. If anyone has any ideas, I'd really appreciate any advice / guidance on where else to look - before I lose all my hair :) Jerry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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