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xpucto 04-19-2006 08:40 AM
User is not allowed to write in a directory
 
Hi!

I have the following directory:
Quote:
drwxrwxr-x 6 apache rpad 4096 Nov 14 15:18 Rpad
when I try to create a file in this directory, I get the message
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"Rpad/test_file" E212: Can't open file for writing
My user belongs to the group rpad.
Quote:
groups=501(group1),502(staff),505(group3),506(mailman),507(group4),513(rpad)
I created this rpad group in order to allow some users to write files in this folder.
What did I do wrong?

cdhgee 04-19-2006 08:54 AM
Are you sure that this process is running under the user account you think it is?

From what you have described though, if the user in question is a member of the rpad group then the rights you have set should allow him/her to write to that directory.

xpucto 04-19-2006 08:55 AM
Ok, I guess I found the answer. I have to use
Quote:
newgrp mygroup
. Then it works. I just thought that slececting the "right" group would happen automatically.

xpucto 04-19-2006 09:06 AM
In order to make things easier, I just changed my user's default group using
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usermod -g rpad myuser


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