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Subject: 20010301: 20010226: 20010222: No permission to write VG file
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 16:18:41 -0700

Clint,

Thanks for that!

Guess theu should be using: uid_t and gid_t as the manpage shows.

Chiz



>From: Clint Rowe <address@hidden>
>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>Keywords: 200103012313.f21NDPL02832

>Chiz,
>
>I figured it out!  The variable uid and gid were defined as short, but
>the undergraduates have uid > 40000, so they were coming back as < 0.  
>I changed the declaration for uid and gid to unsigned short and I can save
>files (unless I create uid's > 65535 ;-) ).
>
>Clint
>
>>
>>Clint,
>>
>>$GEMPAK/source/nmaplib/nmap_pgfilw.c gives the no permission message.
>>This is the return status from pgfilw_checkPerms.
>>
>>The write permission is only if the directory/file is owned by the user-
>>so that is a problem with global write permission to a class directory
>>or even /tmp. If the user is starting from their home directory, and they 
>>have ownership of that directory, it should work. Can you verify that
>>the accounts are owned by the individual?
>>
>>Have you tried NMAP2 or just NMAP? They both use nmaplib, so they
>>should have the same problem. I'm assuming its not a length of
>>filename problem...unless the student account path has a very long name.
>>
>>Chiz
>>
>>
>>
>>Steve Chiswell
>>Unidata User Support
>>
>>>From: Clint Rowe <address@hidden>
>>>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>>>Keywords: 200102262115.f1QLFSL03644
>>
>>>Chiz,
>>>
>>>"Local" does seem to map to where nmap(or nmap2 or ntl) was started.  If
>>>launched from student's $HOME (where they obviously have write permission)
>>>they still get the error.  Using "Browse" confirms that they are pointed
>>>at their home directory.  I've also tried adding a "public" directory
>>>with write permission for the world, but they are still not able to save
>>>vgf files.  I've also tried to find the error message in an nmap source
>>>file (in /home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/nprogs/nmap/source), but can't find the 
>>>text anywhere -- where's the message coming from?  The message on the popup
>>>is "No permission to write VG File" and the only instance of "permission"
>>>I can find in /home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/nprogs/nmap/source) is in nmap_pgpalw.
> c:
>>>
>>>purga% grep ermission *
>>>nmap_pgpalw.c:              "Unable to create  %s  file -- no write permissi
> on
>>> ", 
>>>WORK_FILE);
>>>purga% pwd
>>>/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/nprogs/nmap/source
>>>
>>>Frustratedly yours,
>>>Clint
>>>
>>>>
>>>>Clint,
>>>>
>>>>I believe that "Local" will try to write output to the $cwd, ...eg the 
>>>directory
>>>>that you launch nmap (or ntl) from. So, it might be that the student accoun
> t 
>>>configuration
>>>>is launching from somewhere otther than HOME?
>>>>
>>>>In $GEMTBL/nmap/vgf.tbl are configurations for directory categories. You ca
> n 
>>>use
>>>>environmental variables in there. It might be useful to define a VGF_WORK o
> r
>>>>something that  goes to $HOME/vgf or the sort making sure that HOME is defi
> ne
>>> d 
>>>either
>>>>in the user environment (or a check in Gemenviron to set it if it isn't set
> ).
>>>>
>>>>Let me know if $cwd isn't the users home directory.
>>>>
>>>>Chiz
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Steve Chiswell
>>>>Unidata User Support
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>From: Clint Rowe <address@hidden>
>>>>>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>>>>>Keywords: 200102222144.f1MLiZL15002
>>>>
>>>>>--Drove_of_Donkeys_645_000
>>>>>Content-Type: TEXT/plain; charset=us-ascii
>>>>>Content-MD5: VfUZ6JKd6YQP4ZR8s1wb8A==
>>>>>
>>>>>Chiz,
>>>>>
>>>>>Our undergraduates have starting to use Nmap, but when they try to save
>>>>>something from the product generation palette, they get the following: "No
>>>>>permission to write VG file".  It seems only to happen for undergraduates 
> --
>>>>>Mark and I can save products and so can the grad students who have tried. 
> Th
>>> e
>>>>>problem seems to be limited to undergraduate accounts on our system. Any i
> de
>>> as
>>>>>about what might be causing this?  He's trying to save to "Local", so file
>>>>>permissions shouldn't be the problem (I'm assuming "Local" maps to $HOME).
>>>>>
>>>>>I'm attaching the results of a setenv from a graduate account and from an
>>>>>undergraduate account -- diff shows that the main differences are where
>>>>>$HOME is used to create a variable (except the value of HZ, set for gradua
> te
>>>>>but not for undergraduate -- I don't know what that is).
>>>>>
>>>>>24c24
>>>>>< GRPHGD=/home/washley
>>>>>---
>>>>>> GRPHGD=/home/student
>>>>>26,27c26,27
>>>>>< HOME=/home/washley
>>>>>< HZ=100
>>>>>---
>>>>>> HOME=/home/student
>>>>>> HZ=
>>>>>30c30
>>>>>< LOGNAME=washley
>>>>>---
>>>>>> LOGNAME=student
>>>>>34c34
>>>>>< MCDATA=/home/washley/mcidas/data
>>>>>---
>>>>>> MCDATA=/home/student/mcidas/data
>>>>>36,38c36,38
>>>>>< MCPATH=/home/washley/mcidas/data:/home/mcidas/data:/home/mcidas/help
>>>>>< 
>>>>>MCTABLE_READ=/home/washley/mcidas/data/MCTABLE.TXT;/home/mcidas/data/ADDES
> IT
>>> E.
>>>>> TX
>>>>>T
>>>>>< MCTABLE_WRITE=/home/washley/mcidas/data/MCTABLE.TXT
>>>>>---
>>>>>> MCPATH=/home/student/mcidas/data:/home/mcidas/data:/home/mcidas/help
>>>>>> 
>>>>>MCTABLE_READ=/home/student/mcidas/data/MCTABLE.TXT;/home/mcidas/data/ADDES
> IT
>>> E.
>>>>> TX
>>>>>T
>>>>>> MCTABLE_WRITE=/home/student/mcidas/data/MCTABLE.TXT
>>>>>55c55
>>>>>< 
>>>>>PATH=/opt/SUNWspro/bin:/home/mcidas/bin:/home/washley:/usr/local/bin:.:/us
> r/
>>> bi
>>>>> n:
>>>>>/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/openwin/bin:/usr/ucb:/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/bin/sol:/ho
> me
>>> /n
>>>>> aw
>>>>>ips/NAWIPS-5.6/bin/scripts:~/Office51/bin
>>>>>---
>>>>>> 
>>>>>PATH=/opt/SUNWspro/bin:/home/mcidas/bin:/home/student:/usr/local/bin:.:/us
> r/
>>> bi
>>>>> n:
>>>>>/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/openwin/bin:/usr/ucb:/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/bin/sol:/ho
> me
>>> /n
>>>>> aw
>>>>>ips/NAWIPS-5.6/bin/scripts
>>>>>58c58
>>>>>< PWD=/home/washley
>>>>>---
>>>>>> PWD=/home/student
>>>>>74c74
>>>>>< USER=washley
>>>>>---
>>>>>> USER=student
>>>>>
>>>>>Clint
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>====================================================================
>>>>>Clinton M. Rowe
>>>>>Associate Professor 
>>>>>Meteorology/Climatology Program                  phone:(402)472-1946
>>>>>Department of Geosciences                          fax:(402)472-4917
>>>>>University of Nebraska-Lincoln                        address@hidden
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>--Drove_of_Donkeys_645_000
>>>>>Content-Type: TEXT/plain; name=grad_env; charset=us-ascii; x-unix-mode=066
> 4
>>>>>Content-Description: grad_env
>>>>>Content-MD5: 4mVVCp0L3YzOxaQ/YNRWkA==
>>>>>
>>>>>BRDGDIR=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/unidata/ldmbridge
>>>>>CONFIGDIR=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/config
>>>>>DISPLAY=purga:0.0
>>>>>EDITOR=vi
>>>>>GARP_PATH=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/comet/garp/config
>>>>>GARPHOME=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/comet/garp
>>>>>GEMDATA=/data/gempak
>>>>>GEMERR=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/gempak/error
>>>>>GEMEXE=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/bin/sol
>>>>>GEMGTXT=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/gempak/txt/gemlib
>>>>>GEMHLP=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/gempak/help
>>>>>GEMLIB=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/lib/sol
>>>>>GEMMAPS=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/gempak/maps
>>>>>GEMNTS=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/gempak/nts
>>>>>GEMPAK=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/gempak
>>>>>GEMPAKHOME=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/gempak
>>>>>GEMPARM=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/gempak/parm
>>>>>GEMPDF=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/gempak/pdf
>>>>>GEMPTXT=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/gempak/txt/programs
>>>>>GEMTBL=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/gempak/tables
>>>>>GINI=/data/pub/raw/gini
>>>>>GOES8=/data/gempak/images/sat/GOES-8
>>>>>GOES9=/data/gempak/images/sat/GOES-9
>>>>>GRPHGD=/home/washley
>>>>>HDS=/data/gempak/model
>>>>>HOME=/home/washley
>>>>>HZ=100
>>>>>LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/SUNWspro/lib:/usr/lib:/usr/openwin/lib:/usr/dt/lib:/u
> sr
>>> /c
>>>>> cs/lib:/usr/ucblib:/usr/local/lib
>>>>>LDMDATA=/data
>>>>>LOGNAME=washley
>>>>>LP=lp
>>>>>LPFLAG=-d
>>>>>MANPATH=/opt/SUNWspro/man:/usr/man:/usr/local/man:/usr/openwin/man
>>>>>MCDATA=/home/washley/mcidas/data
>>>>>MCGUI=/home/mcidas/bin
>>>>>MCPATH=/home/washley/mcidas/data:/home/mcidas/data:/home/mcidas/help
>>>>>MCTABLE_READ=/home/washley/mcidas/data/MCTABLE.TXT;/home/mcidas/data/ADDES
> IT
>>> E.
>>>>> TXT
>>>>>MCTABLE_WRITE=/home/washley/mcidas/data/MCTABLE.TXT
>>>>>MODEL=/data/gempak/model
>>>>>MOZILLA_HOME=/opt/netscape
>>>>>NA_OS=sol
>>>>>NAWIPS=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6
>>>>>NAWIPS_EXE=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/bin/sol
>>>>>NAWIPS_HELP=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/help
>>>>>NAWIPS_INC=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/include
>>>>>NAWIPS_LIB=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/lib/sol
>>>>>NAWIPS_TABLES=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/tables
>>>>>NLDN=/data/gempak/nldn
>>>>>NMAP_RESTORE=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/gempak/nts/nmap/restore
>>>>>NNTPSERVER=crcnews.unl.edu
>>>>>NTRANS_META=/data/gempak/meta
>>>>>NWX_TABLES=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/tables/nwx
>>>>>OBS=/data/gempak
>>>>>OPENWINHOME=/usr/openwin
>>>>>PATH=/opt/SUNWspro/bin:/home/mcidas/bin:/home/washley:/usr/local/bin:.:/us
> r/
>>> bi
>>>>> n:/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/openwin/bin:/usr/ucb:/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/bin/sol:
> /h
>>> om
>>>>> e/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/bin/scripts:~/Office51/bin
>>>>>PGPLOT_DEV=/xwin
>>>>>PGPLOT_DIR=/usr/local/pgplot
>>>>>PWD=/home/washley
>>>>>RAD=/data/gempak/nexrad
>>>>>RAW_SAO=/data/surface/sao
>>>>>RAW_SYN=/data/surface/syn
>>>>>RAW_UPA=/data/upperair
>>>>>RBKGPH=/data/gempak/redbook
>>>>>SAO=/data/gempak/surface
>>>>>SAT=/data/gempak/images/sat
>>>>>SCRIPTS_EXE=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/bin/scripts
>>>>>SHELL=/bin/csh
>>>>TERM=dtterm
>>>>>TEXT_DATA=/data/gempak/nwx
>>>>>TORN_WARN=/data/gempak/nwx/watch_warn/torn_warn
>>>>>TSTRM_WARN=/data/gempak/nwx/watch_warn/tstrm_warn
>>>>>TZ=US/Central
>>>>>UPA=/data/gempak/upperair
>>>>>USER=washley
>>>>>WWW_HOME=http://zephyr.unl.edu/
>>>>>XUSERFILESEARCHPATH=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/resource/%N
>>>>>
>>>>>--Drove_of_Donkeys_645_000
>>>>>Content-Type: TEXT/plain; name=student_env; charset=us-ascii; x-unix-mode=
> 06
>>> 64
>>>>>Content-Description: student_env
>>>>>Content-MD5: zs2fxfKnUrQVJW3uWJS+Wg==
>>>>>
>>>>>BRDGDIR=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/unidata/ldmbridge
>>>>>CONFIGDIR=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/config
>>>>>DISPLAY=purga:0.0
>>>>>EDITOR=vi
>>>>>GARP_PATH=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/comet/garp/config
>>>>>GARPHOME=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/comet/garp
>>>>>GEMDATA=/data/gempak
>>>>>GEMERR=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/gempak/error
>>>>>GEMEXE=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/bin/sol
>>>>>GEMGTXT=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/gempak/txt/gemlib
>>>>>GEMHLP=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/gempak/help
>>>>>GEMLIB=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/lib/sol
>>>>>GEMMAPS=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/gempak/maps
>>>>>GEMNTS=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/gempak/nts
>>>>>GEMPAK=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/gempak
>>>>>GEMPAKHOME=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/gempak
>>>>>GEMPARM=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/gempak/parm
>>>>>GEMPDF=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/gempak/pdf
>>>>>GEMPTXT=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/gempak/txt/programs
>>>>>GEMTBL=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/gempak/tables
>>>>>GINI=/data/pub/raw/gini
>>>>>GOES8=/data/gempak/images/sat/GOES-8
>>>>>GOES9=/data/gempak/images/sat/GOES-9
>>>>>GRPHGD=/home/student
>>>>>HDS=/data/gempak/model
>>>>>HOME=/home/student
>>>>>HZ=
>>>>>LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/SUNWspro/lib:/usr/lib:/usr/openwin/lib:/usr/dt/lib:/u
> sr
>>> /c
>>>>> cs/lib:/usr/ucblib:/usr/local/lib
>>>>>LDMDATA=/data
>>>>>LOGNAME=student
>>>>>LP=lp
>>>>>LPFLAG=-d
>>>>>MANPATH=/opt/SUNWspro/man:/usr/man:/usr/local/man:/usr/openwin/man
>>>>>MCDATA=/home/student/mcidas/data
>>>>>MCGUI=/home/mcidas/bin
>>>>>MCPATH=/home/student/mcidas/data:/home/mcidas/data:/home/mcidas/help
>>>>>MCTABLE_READ=/home/student/mcidas/data/MCTABLE.TXT;/home/mcidas/data/ADDES
> IT
>>> E.
>>>>> TXT
>>>>>MCTABLE_WRITE=/home/student/mcidas/data/MCTABLE.TXT
>>>>>MODEL=/data/gempak/model
>>>>>MOZILLA_HOME=/opt/netscape
>>>>>NA_OS=sol
>>>>>NAWIPS=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6
>>>>NAWIPS_EXE=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/bin/sol
>>>>>NAWIPS_HELP=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/help
>>>>>NAWIPS_INC=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/include
>>>>>NAWIPS_LIB=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/lib/sol
>>>>>NAWIPS_TABLES=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/tables
>>>>>NLDN=/data/gempak/nldn
>>>>>NMAP_RESTORE=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/gempak/nts/nmap/restore
>>>>>NNTPSERVER=crcnews.unl.edu
>>>>>NTRANS_META=/data/gempak/meta
>>>>>NWX_TABLES=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/tables/nwx
>>>>>OBS=/data/gempak
>>>>>OPENWINHOME=/usr/openwin
>>>>>PATH=/opt/SUNWspro/bin:/home/mcidas/bin:/home/student:/usr/local/bin:.:/us
> r/
>>> bi
>>>>> n:/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/openwin/bin:/usr/ucb:/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/bin/sol:
> /h
>>> om
>>>>> e/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/bin/scripts
>>>>>PGPLOT_DEV=/xwin
>>>>>PGPLOT_DIR=/usr/local/pgplot
>>>>>PWD=/home/student
>>>>>RAD=/data/gempak/nexrad
>>>>>RAW_SAO=/data/surface/sao
>>>>>RAW_SYN=/data/surface/syn
>>>>>RAW_UPA=/data/upperair
>>>>>RBKGPH=/data/gempak/redbook
>>>>>SAO=/data/gempak/surface
>>>>>SAT=/data/gempak/images/sat
>>>>>SCRIPTS_EXE=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/bin/scripts
>>>>>SHELL=/bin/csh
>>>>>TERM=dtterm
>>>>>TEXT_DATA=/data/gempak/nwx
>>>>>TORN_WARN=/data/gempak/nwx/watch_warn/torn_warn
>>>>>TSTRM_WARN=/data/gempak/nwx/watch_warn/tstrm_warn
>>>>>TZ=US/Central
>>>>>UPA=/data/gempak/upperair
>>>>>USER=student
>>>>>WWW_HOME=http://zephyr.unl.edu/
>>>>>XUSERFILESEARCHPATH=/home/nawips/NAWIPS-5.6/resource/%N
>>>>>
>>>>>--Drove_of_Donkeys_645_000--
>>>>>
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>>>>>Subject: NMAP problem
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>>>>>
>>>>>Chiz,
>>>>>
>>>>>I have a student who is starting to use Nmap.  He's able to do most things
> ,
>>>>>but wehen he tries to save something from the product generation palette,
>>>>>he gets the following: "No permission to write VG file".  It seems
>>>>>only to happen for him -- I can save products and so can at least 2 of the
>>>>>grad students (the only 2 I could find today to ask).  Any ideas about wha
> t
>>>>>might be causing this?  He's trying to save to "Local", so Unix permission
> s
>>>>>don't seem to be the problem.
>>>>>
>>>>>Clint
>>>>>
>>>>>====================================================================
>>>>>Clinton M. Rowe
>>>>>Associate Professor 
>>>>>Meteorology/Climatology Program                  phone:(402)472-1946
>>>>>Department of Geosciences                          fax:(402)472-4917
>>>>>University of Nebraska-Lincoln                        address@hidden
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
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>>>Associate Professor 
>>>Meteorology/Climatology Program                  phone:(402)472-1946
>>>Department of Geosciences                          fax:(402)472-4917
>>>University of Nebraska-Lincoln                        address@hidden
>>>
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