ls -na shows nothing for GID on XSAN files

Loki · Been around the blocks Joined: 20 Nov 2008 Posts: 24

Is this normal?

Could it be because the group in question (wheel) doesn't exist on the computer I'm running this command on?

MattG · Xsan Master Joined: 15 Apr 2005 Posts: 456

wheel (group 0) exists on all unix machines. This is the standard group assignment when first creating an Xsan. You'll want to change it usually to something more relevant. Xsan uses group inheritance, so if you change the group assignment of the volume itself, then folders created within the volume from then on should get that group assignment.

Loki · Been around the blocks Joined: 20 Nov 2008 Posts: 24

Matt-

well that explains the 0 in the GID column- I thought it was telling me there was no group associated with the files.

So to change the group of the entire volume, would I run a chown recursively?