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adr3nal1n

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Registered: 2010-09-23

Posts: 60

[SOLVED] ls -l shows GID rather than group name

Hi Guys,

As the title suggests, ls -l shows GID rather than the group name. (The username is listed correctly). The groups command also shows only GIDs and not the corresponding group names.

I have issued the pwconv, grpconv, pwck and grpck commands and these all run without error.

What am I missing here?

Any ideas much appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Last edited by adr3nal1n (2011-10-10 10:03:09)

celf

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From: Espoo / Finland

Registered: 2004-09-15

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Re: [SOLVED] ls -l shows GID rather than group name

Check the permissions of groups file, it have to be readable for all. You can solve it with 'chmod 644 /etc/group' as root

R00KIE

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Re: [SOLVED] ls -l shows GID rather than group name

If your group name (or username) is too long I think it will show the uid or gid instead of the username or group.

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adr3nal1n

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Registered: 2010-09-23

Posts: 60

Re: [SOLVED] ls -l shows GID rather than group name

Thanks very much Celf, you were correct, the /etc/group file was only readable by root. The chmod 644 fixed it.

Thanks again for your help, much appreciated.