[chown -R user_id:grpup_id] PROBLEM %CPU=99.7 %MEM=90.3

[Djuradj Uzelac]

My apologize,
I have a problem with chown command
evrythink was working propertly and I do not known
what was hapening.
At once ........
I use SuSe distribution, version :

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cat /etc/SuSE-release
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SuSE Linux 9.0 (i586)
VERSION = 9.0
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uname -r
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2.4.21-286-default
======================


Package on Linux server:
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coreutils-5.0-90
yast2-core-2.8.37-4




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I try to describe a problem
I have to add a new user on linux server
I start yast2 control panel and after enter a first
name , last name, user name and passwd
and after enter Create and Finish button yast2 stop on
progress bar on 37% ......
I open a new session command line and entered a top
command and see that chown command use a much more cpu
and memory resource

===================================================================
top
-------------------------------------------------------------------
PID  USER      PR  NI  VIRT  RES  SHR S %CPU %MEM   
TIME+  COMMAND
6449 root      25   0 42284  41m  548 R 95.6  88.2  
02:06.60 chown
===================================================================

in that time command ps

===================================================================
ps ax | grep chown
-------------------------------------------------------------------
6814 pts/3    R      0:04 chown -R 735:100
/home/new_username/
6817 pts/0    S      0:00 grep chown
===================================================================

after a few minutes have a log from kernel

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cat /var/log/messages/ | grep alloc
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sep 28 14:49:49 ens kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order
allocation failed (gfp=0x1f0/0)
Sep 28 15:53:00 ens kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order
allocation failed (gfp=0x1f0/0)
Sep 28 15:53:00 ens kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order
allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
Sep 28 15:57:27 ens kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order
allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
Sep 28 15:57:27 ens kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order
allocation failed (gfp=0x1f0/0)
==================================================================================

I enter a command

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chown -R 735:100 /home/new_username/
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from command line without yast2 and the problem is
exist !!!

and very interesting is it what comand

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chown -R new_username.group /home/new_username/    
<<<< WORKING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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RESUME
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chown -R 735:100 DO NOT WORK
chown -R new_username.group WORK :)
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Please contact me if you have a any idea to solve a
problem
and if you have a much more any information

beforehand thanks
best regards
Dj.



                
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