UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Hi,

I am setting up SUID permissions on a binary.
It gets set for most of the users, however, 1 in 10 users is unable to set these.

For those who works:

Code:

> chmod 6555 Test
> ls -l Test
-r-sr-sr-x  1 A   B   5524 Nov 15 14:53 Test

For those where it doesn't work:

Code:

> chmod 6555 Test
> ls -l Test
-r-xr-xr-x  1 C   D   5524 Nov 15 14:53 Test

Permissions are not visible form the program as well confirming it's not a visibility issue.

Thoughts on what could be the problem.
Thanks

I would like to know the original value... and what file type, and also directory perms and lying filesystem perms (yes its looks weird...)

Also, what are the mount options for the two different directories. And where the filesystems are mounted from - maybe different NFS servers, maybe they're exported differently?

Please post the output from this command from a good and bad user.

Code:

ls -lisad Test
# If you have "bdf" on you Operating System
bdf .
# Otherwise
df -k .

If any of your "chmod" commands gives an error message, please post the command and the error message.

It's FreeBSD 7.1 & program is a C binary.
The earlier permissions are 555

Good User:
ls -lisad Test
2361939 8 -r-xr-xr-x 1 A B 5524 Nov 16 16:14 Test
df -k .
Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
bng-enghomes001-cf2-2:/vol/home2/homes2 335544320 278167232 57377088 83% /.amd/bng-enghomes001-cf2-2/vol/home2/homes2

Bad User:
ls -lisad Test
27945903 8 -r-xr-xr-x 1 C D 5524 Nov 16 16:13 Test
df -k .
Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
bng-enghomes001-cf1-5:/vol/home5/homes5 880803840 653956752 226847088 74% /.amd/bng-enghomes001-cf1-5/vol/home5/homes5

Figured out something:
It has something to do with the underlying permissions.
In directory where good user was successful, bad user was as well
And where bad user was unsuccessful, good was unsuccessful as well

Can somebody help me enterpret these filesystem permissions.
I don't have much knowledge of this.

There's probably a difference in the mounting or sharing options on the two file systems.

Are you user root on this system ?
what are the permissions on the parent directory hosting the Test file ?
Pleade post the result of id command as "your user", as well as for "bad user"