Files without owner and group

UNIX AIX
1

Dears

it is normal that the below binaries stay without any owner and group

I have checked it in many servers and the like the below

 /usr/lpp/bos.net/inst_root/etc/ipsec# ls -lrt
total 248
-r-xr-xr-x    1 987      987           13589 Jun 29 2005  default_group
-r-xr-xr-x    1 987      987           13592 Jun 29 2005  default_group2
-r-xr-xr-x    1 987      987           85560 Jun 29 2005  create_privkey_db
-r-xr-xr-x    1 987      987            7054 Jun 29 2005  ike_initdbs
drwxr-xr-x    3 987      987             256 Dec 28 2005  inet
2

Hi,

It is not normal to have files that are not owned, these have probably been installed from a tar archive or similar where the original owner and group doesn't exist on these servers.

You can either reassingn the ownership, or create a user and group with the required UID and GID.

Regards

Dave

3

Hi Cobra, Gull and All,

I faced the same issue on my server long back ago.

I'll just explain it with example:

->There is one file system that coming from Window server and mounted on your Unix server:

test01:/mountpt 2657.59 2415.88 241.71 91% /apps/mountptdr

->Where test01:/mountpt is the share path that is coming from window server and /apps/mountptdr is the directory that on you AIX server.

->Now if you try to go inside the path /apps/mountptdr and try to compress all files & dir under this path. All files and dir ower and group will change.

->The reason behind it the actuall path is coming from window server.

->If you will go to test01 server and /mountpt share path there you can see the same files & dor that was under path /apps/mountptdr on AIX.

->AIX are not the acutal ower & grp for compressing or tar file & dir.

->If you want to compress files without changeing its ower and group. Change from Window server side.

->I am sure whther we can change back the ower and group from AIX to previous ower and group.

->In your case, please first check the rqw mount point from where it is coming. Then try to login indie that server and try to compress the files and dir from there.

->I think this information will be sufficient for you to resolve your issue.:b:

Thnaks & Regards

4

Ive seen this happen when the owner and group numbers dont match on both systems. Check the owner and group uid on one and then the other if it doesnt match there is your problem.

5

I've seen many files have UID of 25 and GID of 987 after the last two AIX upgrades I've done. Since neither that UID nor GID exist on my servers, I've added this as one of my post upgrade steps:

find / -fstype jfs2 \( -user 25 -o -user 987 \) | xargs chown -h root:system
6

Hi,

If you have any servers in a pre-upgrade condition, it may be worth checking the values of these files on one of them.

Regards

Dave