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[netCDF #QWK-836758]: user/group name change during installation by root

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  • Subject: [netCDF #QWK-836758]: user/group name change during installation by root
  • Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:43:03 -0600
Hi Paul,

> I am a long-time user of netcdf, but only recently start to install it as a 
> root user.  During the installation, the user/group of the files changed from 
> the intended one (e.g., root or me as a user) to others.  Is that a benign 
> bug in the source code, or is that an indication that the installation 
> procedure that I used was not optimal, or else?  I would appreciate very much 
> if you may offer some insights.

That doesn't sound like a netCDF issue, but an issue with how user IDs are
configured across network file systems.

Were you using "sudo make install" after successfully building netCDF from 
source?

Did you try to install onto a mounted file system on a server that used 
different
user/group IDs than on the local machine from which you are running the 
installation?

If not, could you describe more specifically how you installed netCDF

--Russ

Russ Rew                                         UCAR Unidata Program
address@hidden                      http://www.unidata.ucar.edu



Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: QWK-836758
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed