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Old 02-02-2013
Chown... cannot get the login group of a numeric UID
How do I resolve the below error. I want to change the ownership on sf_Temp file from media to dba.
Code:
[root@localhost media]# grep ^media /etc/group
 
[root@localhost media]# ls -l
drwxrwx--- 1 root vboxsf 0 Feb 1 16:10 sf_Temp
drwxrwx--- 2 root vboxsf 4096 Jan 31 17:59 sf_VBoxShared
dr-xr-xr-x 6 oracle root 2048 Dec 19 09:20 VBOXADDITIONS_4.2.6_82870
total 10

root@localhost media]# chown dba: vboxsf sf_Temp
chown: `dba:': cannot get the login group of a numeric UID

Last edited by fpmurphy; 02-02-2013 at 06:45 PM..
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Old 02-02-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by lutus
How do I resolve the below error. I want to change the ownership on sf_Temp file from media to dba.
[root@localhost media]# ls -l
drwxrwx--- 1 root vboxsf 0 Feb 1 16:10 sf_Temp
First of all I see your statement is wrong. The directory: sf_Temp is owned by user: root not user: media

Also I noticed that media is just the parent directory, BTW I'm not sure if there is indeed a user: media

So if you want to change the ownership of directory: sf_Temp from user: root to user: dba then try
Code:
chown dba sf_Temp

I recommend reading File Permission and Access Modes for better understanding.
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Old 02-02-2013
Chown... cannot get the login group of a numeric UID
Thanks for the correction. However, I am still at a stop on this issue.
Media is not a user but a directory between oracle and sf_temp directory
An oracle user created a primary dba group via the user manager in vbox

So I ran this:

Code:
[root@localhost ~]# chown dba sf_Temp
chown: `dba': invalid user

[root@localhost ~]# su - oracle
[oracle@localhost ~]$ cd /media
[oracle@localhost media]$ ls -l
total 10
drwxrwx--- 1 root   vboxsf    0 Feb  1 16:10 sf_Temp
drwxrwx--- 2 root   vboxsf 4096 Jan 31 17:59 sf_VBoxShared
dr-xr-xr-x 6 oracle root   2048 Dec 19 09:20 VBOXADDITIONS_4.2.6_82870
[oracle@localhost media]$ chown dba sf_Temp
chown: `dba': invalid user

[oracle@localhost ~] $ chown dba sf_Temp
chown: `dba': invalid user

Last edited by Scott; 02-02-2013 at 09:18 PM.. Reason: Please use code tags
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Old 02-02-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by lutus
An oracle user created a primary dba group via the user manager in vbox
Are you sure that user: dba exist? The error clearly states that it is an invalid user. If you are trying to change group ownership then you have to use chgrp command instead.

Please check the link that I suggested before for further reference.
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Old 02-04-2013
Resolved Chown... cannot get the login group of a numeric UID
I changed the user on sf_Temp dir. from root to oracle ( chown oracle sf_temp) And changed the group on sf_Temp dir. from root to dba ( chgrp -Rv dba filename)

Thanks for helping out and the link as well.
 
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