Re: [cobalt-developers] Owner changing

[ka@xxxxxxxxxxx]

If you remove a user, then add them back, this will occur in unix.
UIDs are numerical, so they are in fact different users, even though
they have the same name, they don't own the files.
Ken
> Hi,
> 
> I have problem with files and dirs that change owner. The new owners
> username is a number(ex. 536 and 41) and  the old owner has not access to
> change the file or upload to that dir. On some sites the "number user" hat
> taken ownership of almost all files. I am not sure if the permissions allso
> changes but the files looks like this:
> 
> drwxr-xr-x   2 536            site157      2048 Mar  1 08:00 .
> drwxrwxr-x  12 nobody    site157      2048 Mar 13 13:43 ..
> -rw-r--r--   1 536               site157      5350 Mar  2 08:25
> barn_knerten.jpg
> -rw-r--r--   1 536               site157       322 Jan  8 09:06 bgstrip1.jpg
> -rw-r--r--   1 536               site157       318 Jan  8 09:06 bgstrip2.jpg
> 
> drwxr-xr-x   2 536      site157            2048 Mar  1 08:00 img
> 
> If i go in as root and change ownership back to nobdy or a user on that site
> it seems to be ok. But Why is this happening and how can I fix it. The
> problem is  both on a raq3i and raq4r. Lately it allso has been a little bit
> truble for some users to login on mail, ftp or siteadmin or only one of
> them. An Exsample is that I have a siteadmin user on a personal site and
> sudently I could no longer login to the stats (webalizer) all other login
> works. Other users have problem login to get there mail.
> 
> Hope that sombody can help me with some answers regarding this.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Kai R Schantz
> Euroweb AS
> Verksgaten 42
> N-4013 Stavanger
> Norway
> Tlf:+47 51 89 64 64  fax:+47 51 89 56 41
> www.euroweb.no
> 
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