It seems I summarized too soon, even better answers were still on the
way.
Thanks to Larry Scott USG and Dr. Tom Blinn, who bothered to study this
matter more thoroughly!
Larry wrote:
> My original question on Fri, 20 Feb 1998, was:
>
> > I've noticed a strange behavior on my AdvFs disks after upgrading my
> > Digital UNIX from 4.0B to 4.0D;
> > When I create a new file (touch, >, cp) it is given the system (0)
> > group, and not the users primary group. This happens even if the
user
> > isn't a member of the system group. Old files (created before the
> > upgrade) show correct groups.
...
> Anyway, to change the behavior on file generation, add line:
> sys_v_mode 1
> to your /usr/sys/conf/<SYSTEM> file and rebuild the kernel.
>
>No need to rebuild your kernel. The system provides two approaches
>to enabling the sysV behavior:
>
>1) To enable sysV behavior system-wide, set "sys-v-mode = 1" in your
> sysconfigtab file under the vfs stanza.
>
>2) To enable sysV behavior for a specific filesystem only, mount the
> filesystem with the nogrpid option.
So there you have it. Number of ways to achieve the same things when you
really dig into it.
Best Regards to all,
Jukka Jalava
Systems Specialist
Valmet Automation Inc.
jukka.jalava_at_automation.valmet.com
Received on Thu Feb 26 1998 - 15:48:44 NZDT