Problems changing permissions

[Ben Stringer]

On Thu, 2005-10-13 at 11:01 -0400, Timothy A. Holmes wrote:

> [root at srvweb-02 bin]# mount
> /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 on / type ext3 (rw)
> none on /proc type proc (rw)
> none on /sys type sysfs (rw)
> none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
> usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)
> /dev/sda1 on /boot type ext3 (rw)
> none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
> none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw)
> sunrpc on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw)
> 192.168.0.5:/home on /home type nfs (rw,nosuid,hard,addr=192.168.0.5)
> [root at srvweb-02 bin]#
> 
> 

So, the /home partition in nfs mounted. Root (on srvweb-02) is not the
same as root on 192.168.0.5. If the directory you were doing the "chown"
in was in /home, this explains the problem. I suspect the directory was
in vpopmail's home dir.

You will need to do the chown on the host 192.168.0.5. You also should
make sure that UID and GIDs match up between the hosts (for files and
in /etc/passwd and /etc/group).

Cheers, Ben