Forget the cron based work-around.
Use Charlie's as described below.
However, beware that any /etc/e-smith/web type modifications could be blown away.
Here's Charlie's solution...
Author: Charlie Brady
Date: 07-26-2000 19:10
Hasan Muhammad wrote:
> BUG: I believe e-smith should have created the new file and 2nd
> level directory ownerships as follows: owner = user1 group =
> it_g
>
> Is there any known solution?
Please try the update RPM at:
ftp://ftp.e-smith.net/pub/e-smith/e-smith-4.0/updates/RPMS/noarch/ The file is:
e-smith-base-4.0.12-28.noarch.rpm
Download this file, then apply it using:
rpm -Uhv e-smith-base-4.0.12-28.noarch.rpm
/sbin/e-smith/signal-event console-save
then reboot the server.
You will still need to repair any ibays which have incorrect permissions using the workaround which I gave you yesterday.
Please let me know whether this fixes your problem.
Charlie