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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Chown... cannot get the login group of a numeric UID Post 302765559 by Yoda on Saturday 2nd of February 2013 05:43:07 PM
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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nsquery

nsquery(1)						      General Commands Manual							nsquery(1)

NAME

       nsquery - query the Name Service Switch backend libraries

SYNOPSIS

       lookup_type lookup_query [lookup_policy]

DESCRIPTION

       is  used to find the Name Service that returned the response to a or function call.  This application is Name Service Switch aware and fol-
       lows the lookup policies in The supported lookup_type values are:

	      Used to resolve host name or IP Address lookups.

	      Used to resolve user name or UID lookups.
			     Assumes that a numeric value is a UID.  This option is to be obsoleted.  Use and instead.

	      Used to resolve user name lookups.

	      Used to resolve UID lookups.

	      Used to resolve group name or GID lookups.
			     Assumes that a numeric value is a GID.  This option is to be obsoleted.  Use and instead.

	      Used to resolve group name lookups.

	      Used to resolve GID lookups.

	      Used to resolve host name or IP Address lookups.
			     Only IPv6 and IPv4-mapped IPv6 address will be displayed for host name lookups.

       The lookup_query can either be a host name, IP Address (IPv4 only), user name, user ID, group name, or group ID.

       The lookup_policy must be a valid lookup policy described in nsswitch.conf(4).  If the policy is invalid, the system default policy will be
       used.  The default values for lookup_policy are:

	      dns [NOTFOUND=return] nis [NOTFOUND=return] files

	      files nis

	      files nis

	      dns [NOTFOUND=return] files

       will display the lookup policy being used, the name of the service being queried, and the result of the query.

EXAMPLES

       Lookup host hondo using the default hosts lookup policy.

       Lookup host with ip address 15.204.204.204 using "dns files" as the hosts lookup policy.

       Lookup user dog using "ldap" as the passwd lookup policy.

       Lookup user ID 105 using the default passwd lookup policy.

       Lookup group wayne using group lookup policy "nis [NOTFOUND=RETURN] files".

       Lookup group 22 using the default group lookup policy.

       Lookup host rio using "dns" as the ipnodes lookup policy.

RETURN VALUE

       returns the following values:

       Success.
       Invalid Usage.
       Unknown Action.
       No match found in any name services queried.

WARNINGS

       The and lookup_type values are to be obsoleted.	For use or instead.  For use or instead.

AUTHOR

       was developed by Hewlett-Packard.

SEE ALSO

       nsswitch.conf(4).

																	nsquery(1)
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