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'chown' of translator causes "Bought the Farm" error
From: |
Brent A. Fulgham |
Subject: |
'chown' of translator causes "Bought the Farm" error |
Date: |
Tue, 24 Jul 2001 12:48:20 -0700 |
User-agent: |
Mutt/1.3.18i |
This is an obscure one, that probably is only encountered while
being stupid (which is how I came across it.)
If you accidentally create the device directory with improper
permissions (in my case, root.bfulgham), the devices created with
the MAKEDEV script will replicate the user ID.
If you set a translator using this device, everything is fine:
settrans -c /linux /hurd/ext2fs /dev/hd0s4
>ls /linux
bin cdrom_image floppy initrd mnt sbin var work
... etc...
Now, if I change the ownership of the translator:
chown root.root /dev/hd0s4
And then try to list the files again:
>ls /linux
Computer Bought the Farm.
This persists until you remove the translator, then reattach it
under the new ownership.
This is not necessarily a bug, but is certainly unexpected behavior
for the problem.
-Brent
- 'chown' of translator causes "Bought the Farm" error,
Brent A. Fulgham <=