chown Problems

avicalc · 07-23-2009, 08:31 AM

I'm running the Debian distribution on a single board computer and having some trouble using the chown command. Upon trying to use it, I always recieve the following error:

"chown: changing ownership of ‘***’: No such file or directory"

(where *** is some random character sequence). I have verified that the files I am trying to change ownership of do exist and the path is correct. I am running the command as root.

Any advice on how to fix this is appreciated.

unSpawn · 07-23-2009, 10:41 AM

Please do not obfuscate filenames as they may help determine what is going on.
Please post complete error output and the commandline.
Additionally, if you can, also run "strace -v" on chown and post output.

avicalc · 07-23-2009, 01:23 PM

When trying perform chown on a file named "test", here's the output:

root@ts7800:root# ls -l
total 4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10 Jul 23 10:47 test
root@ts7800:root# chown root test
chown: changing ownership of `\3510': No such file or directory
root@ts7800:root#

Here's the strace:

root@ts7800:root# strace -v chown root test
execve("/bin/chown", ["chown", "root", "test"], [/* 13 vars */]) = 0
brk(0) = 0x1a000
uname({sysname="Linux", nodename="ts7800", release="2.6.21-ts", version="#1 PREEMPT Fri Oct 10 10:20:42 MST 2008", machine="armv5tejl"}) = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x4001d000
access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_dev=makedev(254, 20), st_ino=41499, st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_nlink=1, st_uid=0, st_gid=0, st_blksize=4096, st_blocks=24, st_size=10000, st_atime=2009/07/23-11:20:08, st_mtime=2009/07/23-10:51:23, st_ctime=2009/07/23-10:51:23}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 10000, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x4001e000
close(3) = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1a\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0(\0\1\0\0\0000b\1\000"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_dev=makedev(254, 20), st_ino=41343, st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_nlink=1, st_uid=0, st_gid=0, st_blksize=4096, st_blocks=2304, st_size=1177400, st_atime=2009/07/23-11:20:08, st_mtime=2009/01/05-04:31:26, st_ctime=2009/07/23-07:35:35}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40021000
mmap2(NULL, 1213256, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x40026000
mprotect(0x40142000, 28672, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap2(0x40149000, 12288, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x11b) = 0x40149000
mmap2(0x4014c000, 9032, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x4014c000
close(3) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40022000
syscall_983045(0x40021ba0, 0x40021ba0, 0x674, 0x40022278, 0x40025044, 0x40025044, 0x40025000, 0, 0x44, 0x1, 0xffff5200, 0xbeb9fb28, 0, 0xbeb9f7dc, 0x40011e24, 0x400020b4, 0x20000010, 0x40021ba0, 0xd184, 0x41890, 0x418b8, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0) = 0
mprotect(0x40149000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x40024000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
munmap(0x4001e000, 10000) = 0
brk(0) = 0x1a000
brk(0x3b000) = 0x3b000
socket(PF_FILE, SOCK_STREAM, 0) = 3
fcntl64(3, F_SETFL, O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK) = 0
connect(3, {sa_family=AF_FILE, path="/var/run/nscd/socket"}, 112) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
close(3) = 0
socket(PF_FILE, SOCK_STREAM, 0) = 3
fcntl64(3, F_SETFL, O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK) = 0
connect(3, {sa_family=AF_FILE, path="/var/run/nscd/socket"}, 112) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
close(3) = 0
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_dev=makedev(254, 20), st_ino=41499, st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_nlink=1, st_uid=0, st_gid=0, st_blksize=4096, st_blocks=24, st_size=10000, st_atime=2009/07/23-11:20:08, st_mtime=2009/07/23-10:51:23, st_ctime=2009/07/23-10:51:23}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 10000, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x4001e000
close(3) = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib/libgcc_s.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1a\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0(\0\1\0\0\0<\30\0\000"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_dev=makedev(254, 20), st_ino=41214, st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_nlink=1, st_uid=0, st_gid=0, st_blksize=4096, st_blocks=72, st_size=34952, st_atime=2009/07/23-11:20:08, st_mtime=2009/01/04-10:32:35, st_ctime=2009/07/23-07:59:31}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 66772, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x4014f000
mprotect(0x40158000, 28672, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap2(0x4015f000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x8) = 0x4015f000
close(3) = 0
munmap(0x4001e000, 10000) = 0
open("/etc/nsswitch.conf", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_dev=makedev(254, 20), st_ino=13321, st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_nlink=1, st_uid=0, st_gid=0, st_blksize=4096, st_blocks=8, st_size=465, st_atime=2009/07/23-11:18:41, st_mtime=2007/10/19-16:31:03, st_ctime=2008/08/26-21:47:32}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x4001e000
read(3, "# /etc/nsswitch.conf\n#\n# Example"..., 4096) = 465
read(3, "", 4096) = 0
close(3) = 0
munmap(0x4001e000, 4096) = 0
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_dev=makedev(254, 20), st_ino=41499, st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_nlink=1, st_uid=0, st_gid=0, st_blksize=4096, st_blocks=24, st_size=10000, st_atime=2009/07/23-11:20:08, st_mtime=2009/07/23-10:51:23, st_ctime=2009/07/23-10:51:23}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 10000, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x4001e000
close(3) = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib/libnss_compat.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1a\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0(\0\1\0\0\0\244\r\0\000"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_dev=makedev(254, 20), st_ino=41341, st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_nlink=1, st_uid=0, st_gid=0, st_blksize=4096, st_blocks=56, st_size=26388, st_atime=2009/07/23-11:20:09, st_mtime=2009/01/05-04:31:25, st_ctime=2009/07/23-07:35:32}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 57956, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x40160000
mprotect(0x40166000, 28672, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap2(0x4016d000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x5) = 0x4016d000
close(3) = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib/libnsl.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1a\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0(\0\1\0\0\00000\0\000"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_dev=makedev(254, 20), st_ino=41330, st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_nlink=1, st_uid=0, st_gid=0, st_blksize=4096, st_blocks=152, st_size=75636, st_atime=2009/07/23-11:20:09, st_mtime=2009/01/05-04:31:22, st_ctime=2009/07/23-07:35:24}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 116480, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x4016f000
mprotect(0x40181000, 28672, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap2(0x40188000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x11) = 0x40188000
mmap2(0x4018a000, 5888, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x4018a000
close(3) = 0
mprotect(0x40188000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x4016d000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
munmap(0x4001e000, 10000) = 0
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_dev=makedev(254, 20), st_ino=41499, st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_nlink=1, st_uid=0, st_gid=0, st_blksize=4096, st_blocks=24, st_size=10000, st_atime=2009/07/23-11:20:09, st_mtime=2009/07/23-10:51:23, st_ctime=2009/07/23-10:51:23}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 10000, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x4001e000
close(3) = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib/libnss_nis.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1a\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0(\0\1\0\0\0\240\30\0"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_dev=makedev(254, 20), st_ino=41345, st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_nlink=1, st_uid=0, st_gid=0, st_blksize=4096, st_blocks=80, st_size=38516, st_atime=2009/07/23-11:20:09, st_mtime=2009/01/05-04:31:26, st_ctime=2009/07/23-07:35:35}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 70252, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x4018c000
mprotect(0x40195000, 28672, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap2(0x4019c000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x8) = 0x4019c000
close(3) = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib/libnss_files.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1a\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0(\0\1\0\0\0p\30\0\000"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_dev=makedev(254, 20), st_ino=41336, st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_nlink=1, st_uid=0, st_gid=0, st_blksize=4096, st_blocks=80, st_size=38484, st_atime=2009/07/23-11:20:09, st_mtime=2009/01/05-04:31:24, st_ctime=2009/07/23-07:35:32}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 70348, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x4019e000
mprotect(0x401a7000, 28672, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap2(0x401ae000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x8) = 0x401ae000
close(3) = 0
mprotect(0x401ae000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x4019c000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
munmap(0x4001e000, 10000) = 0
open("/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY|0x80000) = 3
fcntl64(3, F_GETFD) = 0
fcntl64(3, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
_llseek(3, 0, [0], SEEK_CUR) = 0
fstat64(3, {st_dev=makedev(254, 20), st_ino=13324, st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_nlink=1, st_uid=0, st_gid=0, st_blksize=4096, st_blocks=8, st_size=1114, st_atime=2009/07/23-11:18:42, st_mtime=2007/10/19-16:31:04, st_ctime=2008/08/26-21:47:33}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 1114, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, 3, 0) = 0x4001e000
_llseek(3, 1114, [1114], SEEK_SET) = 0
munmap(0x4001e000, 1114) = 0
close(3) = 0
ipc_subcall(0xffffff9c, 0x1cd84, 0x1cd24, 0x100) = 0
ipc_subcall(0xffffff9c, 0x1bb38, 0, 0xffffffff) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
write(2, "chown: ", 7chown: ) = 7
write(2, "changing ownership of `\\3510\'", 29changing ownership of `\3510') = 29
write(2, ": No such file or directory", 27: No such file or directory) = 27
write(2, "\n", 1
) = 1
close(1) = 0
close(2) = 0
io_submit(0x1, 0x1, 0x1100 <unfinished ... exit status 1>
root@ts7800:root#

unSpawn · 07-23-2009, 05:30 PM

Sorry, only related Debian ARM thing that turns up is Debian bug report #472982. Have a look and attach your report there?