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Old 03-14-2013
Creating files with New User

Hello All,

I just created a new user on a server running SLES 11, and I created the user using the command below:
Code:
# useradd -G nagios scpuser

But whenever I create a file or directory while logged in as this user it creates the file's ownership permissions as "scpuser:users"
instead of it using the name of the group I added it to when I created it...

Any idea how I can get it to create files/dirs with the user:group combo I used when I created the User...? I'm guessing when
this user creates files/dirs and it gives the group ownership as "users", I'm guess this is some sort of default behavior?

Anyway, basically I just want this user to create files/dirs and have the ownership/permissions be set
using User=scpuser and Group=nagios...
Any idea how I make this the default behavior for this user?

I verified that the scpuser is ONLY listed on one line, and that is with the 'nagios' group in /etc/group file.


Any thoughts would be much appreciated!

Thanks in Advance,
Matt
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Old 03-14-2013
How are you logging in to this user? That you're getting the wrong ownership is very odd.
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Old 03-14-2013
Sorry all... Finally found the answer.

This command allows me to create files/dirs with the correct Group Ownership:
Code:
usermod -g nagios scpuser


Thanks,
Matt

---------- Post updated at 12:33 PM ---------- Previous update was at 12:32 PM ----------

Hey Corona, thanks for the reply...

I got it now, but I had tried logging in through ssh and also with 'su scpuser', and both had the same result.

But anyway it seems to be working now.

Thanks Again,
Matt
 
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