[LON-CAPA-cvs] loncom /metadata_database searchcat.pl

Gerd Kortemeyer lon-capa-cvs@mail.lon-capa.org
Sat, 04 Jan 2003 12:14:23 -0500


Apparently not on s10 - there is no other way that the ownership of this file could have changed
to "root".

Anyway, in case that more machines are configured like s10 for some odd reason, the chown line can
still stay. Should work fine for www to change ownership to itself.


Scott Harrison wrote:

> searchcat.pl is set to run as 'www'.
>
> 10 1 * * 7    www    /home/httpd/perl/searchcat.pl
>
> It would be better to have the script
> first ask itself 'am I www?' before proceeding.
>
> On Sat, Jan 04, 2003 at 03:04:13PM -0000, www wrote:
> > www           Sat Jan  4 10:04:13 2003 EDT
> >
> >   Modified files:
> >     /loncom/metadata_database searchcat.pl
> >   Log:
> >   Bug #1111
> >   searchcat.pl is apparently running as "root" and changed ownership on
> >   nohist_resevaldata.db to "root". Need to make "www" owner of that file.
> >   This should go into 0.6.1
> >
> >
> >
> > Index: loncom/metadata_database/searchcat.pl
> > diff -u loncom/metadata_database/searchcat.pl:1.25 loncom/metadata_database/searchcat.pl:1.26
> > --- loncom/metadata_database/searchcat.pl:1.25        Mon Nov 18 15:44:15 2002
> > +++ loncom/metadata_database/searchcat.pl     Sat Jan  4 10:04:12 2003
> > @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
> >  # The LearningOnline Network
> >  # searchcat.pl "Search Catalog" batch script
> >  #
> > -# $Id: searchcat.pl,v 1.25 2002/11/18 20:44:15 www Exp $
> > +# $Id: searchcat.pl,v 1.26 2003/01/04 15:04:12 www Exp $
> >  #
> >  # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
> >  #
> > @@ -251,6 +251,7 @@
> >  # -------------------------------------------------- Copy over the new db-files
> >      system('mv '.$prodir.'/nohist_new_resevaldata.db '.
> >                $prodir.'/nohist_resevaldata.db');
> > +    system('chown www:www '.$prodir.'/nohist_resevaldata.db');
> >  }
> >  # --------------------------------------------------- Close database connection
> >  $dbh->disconnect;
> >
> >
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