[OpenAFS] "not updating unwritable cache ./config.cache"

[Tim Carlson]

Client machine:
Redhat 7.1, kernel 2.4.14, OpenAFS 1.2.2

Solaris Transarc 3.6 servers

Now this has happened to me all the time and I have just ignored it until
now when one of our users started asking me about it. :)

I have an AFS directory in which I do builds when I am klog'ed as "admin"

roach102% pwd
/afs/msrc.pnl.gov/files/dist/src/readline-4.2/linux

roach103% fs la .
Access list for . is
Normal rights:
  pnl_hosts rl
  admin:appls rlidwka
  system:administrators rlidwka

roach104% tokens

Tokens held by the Cache Manager:

User's (AFS ID 1) tokens for afs@msrc.pnl.gov [Expires Nov 26 18:42]
   --End of list--

roach105% ../readline-4.2/configure

[snip]
checking configuration for building shared libraries... supported
not updating unwritable cache ./config.cache
creating ./config.status
creating Makefile
roach106%

roach106% ls -l
total 15
-rw-r--r--    1 bin      users           0 Nov 19 10:03 config.cache
-rw-r--r--    1 bin      users        8043 Nov 19 10:09 config.log
drwxr-xr-x    2 bin      users        2048 Nov 19 10:09 doc
drwxr-xr-x    2 bin      users        2048 Nov 19 10:09 examples
drwxr-xr-x    2 bin      users        2048 Nov 19 10:09 shlib
-rw-r--r--    1 bin      users           1 Nov 19 10:03 stamp-h

So the config.cache file gets "touched" to start, but then fails to get
updated.

I did some experimenting and found that if I did a

umask 002
chmod 664 config.cache

and reran the configure, then the config.cache file did get updated.

roach49% id -a
uid=20679(tim) gid=100(users) groups=34501,36904,100(users)

So my uid is 20679, but file creation is being done as user "bin" since I
am klog'ed as admin.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Tim

Tim Carlson
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Email: Tim.Carlson@pnl.gov
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