[linux-lvm] vgscan changing/resetting perms?

[Jeff Bethke]

I totally agree for general purposes. However,  the users/app in 
question are Oracle/Sybase Databases writing directly to the devices.   

-jeff





Jason Martin wrote:

>On Wed, Feb 16, 2005 at 01:37:10PM -0500, Jeff Bethke wrote:
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>>Then I go ahead and reboot the host or someone comes along and runs a 
>>vgscan.  VOILA!  The perms for those files reset to root:root.   How do 
>>I prevent that from happeneing?  I want it so that I can make a device 
>>and set its perms to some user, and forget about it.   Is that even 
>>possible? If so, how? Or, what am I doing wrong in setting up the lv/vg's?
>>    
>>
>One generally doesn't let non-root users have direct access to
>devices. Instead you should format and mount the filesystems on
>those drives and give users access to that.
>
>-JM
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