File permission getting read only

Alex Bligh alex at alex.org.uk
Tue Jul 29 08:48:10 UTC 2008


I take it you've checked you are not using root squash NFS mount option.

Alex

--On 28 July 2008 19:48:16 -0700 Swapana Ghosh <swapana_ghosh at yahoo.com> 
wrote:

>
> Hi all,
>
> I am not sure this is the problem  of NAS (nfs) or the File system, I am
> sending my problem to this list though.  If this is wrong list for my
> post , then I do aplogise.
>
> Here is the problem in brief:
>
>    -  The server is rhel4.
>
>    -  One file system (NAS) has been exported.
>
>    -  The file system has been mounted in the server. The mount point is
> like as
>
>         nas2.xxx.org:/dev/deg/temp       /apps/deg/dev
>
>    -  I am doing
>
>           cd  /apps/deg/dev and , creating some file say  xx. File is
>           being created withthe  the file permission   644  .
>
>           Then I am changing the file permission as  444 as root.
>           After that when if I try to change the permission of the xx
>           file back to 644 or anything , it is giving
>           "permission denied".  I can't do any updates on xx file.
>
>    -  Same type of process I am doing on a  simililar type of NAS
>       mounted file system , it is perfectly alright.
>
> If anyone gives me some pointers  that will be really appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
>
>
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Alex




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