root@lucid:/opt/rt4/var/mason_data# ls -al total 4 drwxrwx--- 4 www-data www-data 1024 2011-05-25 17:21 . drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 1024 2011-05-20 12:42 .. drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 2011-05-25 17:21 cache drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 2011-05-25 17:21 obj I need help to find out why mason_data/{cache,obj} are owned by root. I removed the dirs and restarted apache2 and they come back with root as the owner
root@lucid:/opt/rt4/var/mason_data# /etc/init.d/apache2 stop * Stopping web server apache2 ... waiting ........... [ OK ] root@lucid:/opt/rt4/var/mason_data# ls -al total 4 drwxrwx--- 4 www-data www-data 1024 2011-05-25 17:21 . drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 1024 2011-05-20 12:42 .. drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 2011-05-25 17:21 cache drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 2011-05-25 17:21 obj root@lucid:/opt/rt4/var/mason_data# rm -rf cache obj root@lucid:/opt/rt4/var/mason_data# ls -al total 2 drwxrwx--- 2 www-data www-data 1024 2011-05-26 11:34 . drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 1024 2011-05-20 12:42 .. root@lucid:/opt/rt4/var/mason_data# /etc/init.d/apache2 start * Starting web server apache2 [ OK ] root@lucid:/opt/rt4/var/mason_data# ls -al total 4 drwxrwx--- 4 www-data www-data 1024 2011-05-26 11:34 . drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 1024 2011-05-20 12:42 .. drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 2011-05-26 11:34 cache drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 2011-05-26 11:34 obj root@lucid:/opt/rt4/var/mason_data# ps -ef | grep apache2 root 2192 1 27 11:34 ? 00:00:04 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start www-data 2195 2192 0 11:34 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start root 2198 1367 0 11:34 pts/0 00:00:00 grep --color=auto apache2 root@lucid:/opt/rt4/var/mason_data# ps -ef | grep apache2 root 2192 1 20 11:34 ? 00:00:05 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start www-data 2195 2192 0 11:34 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start www-data 2199 2192 2 11:34 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start www-data 2200 2192 2 11:34 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start root 2256 1367 0 11:34 pts/0 00:00:00 grep --color=auto apache2 root@lucid:/opt/rt4/var/mason_data# -- Asif Iqbal PGP Key: 0xE62693C5 KeyServer: pgp.mit.edu A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?