[SOLVED] problem with chgrp

Berend58 · 09-26-2009, 06:30 AM

At the end of chapter 6.6 I have to initialize the log files. I ran in the following problem:

Code:

# chgrp -v utmp /var/run/utmp /var/log/lastlog
chgrp: invalid group: `utmp'

Searched the forums, but couldn't find a good answer.

When I type:

Code:

# chmod -v 664 /var/run/utmp /var/log/lastlog
mode of `/var/run/utmp' changed to 0664 (rw-rw-r--)

It appears that the group 'utpm' does exist.

Can I ignore this message: chgrp: invalid group: `utmp', and go on??

druuna · 09-26-2009, 07:59 AM

Hi,

No, you cannot.

You are comparing 2 different things:

/var/run/utmp -> A file called utmp
chgrp -v utmp /var/run/utmp -> A group called utmp

The group utmp should be present in the /etc/group file, which you (should have?) created 2 steps earlier in chap 6.6.

Hope this helps.

Berend58 · 09-26-2009, 10:20 AM

That did the trick.

Repeated the two steps before and didn't get the missing message which I had before. I'am sure I typed the first time the right command, so I don't know what went wrong here. Anyway, can go on now.
Thanks a lot druuna.