[404UserNotFound]

So I recently offered a friend the ability to host a server on my dedi (running Ubuntu 12.04), and set up his own account on the dedi which came with his own directory within the /home/ directory.

However, whenever a SourceMod plugin generates its own .CFG file, that new file gets its ownership set to "root" instead of being owned by his account.

I've been Googling around and can't figure out how to resolve this, other than me manually going in via WinSCP and changing the ownership to his account.

Anyone know how to fix this? Would it have something to do with me starting his server up for him under the "root" user?

[Kjaer]

Originally Posted by abrandnewday Anyone know how to fix this? Would it have something to do with me starting his server up for him under the "root" user?

This is likely it, I don't know specifics of the linux permission system, but services started under/by a certain user usually have that user's permissions, so that goes for any files created I assume. Try using a different way to start the server.

[404UserNotFound]

Originally Posted by Kjaer This is likely it, I don't know specifics of the linux permission system, but services started under/by a certain user usually have that user's permissions, so that goes for any files created I assume. Try using a different way to start the server.

Alrighty, I'll give him a link to download PuTTY, and the necessary commands and such to start/stop it at will.

[captaindeterprimary]

Make a script to run more scripts then have one of the scripts call to run under another user;

-master.sh
|-myservers.sh 
|-user2server.sh

Look here for what you need to use to run as another user, then try putting it in user2server.sh or what ever you want to call his server. Good luck.

[Mavrick4283]

How about not running the server as root and take his access to su and sudo away...

[404UserNotFound]

Originally Posted by Mavrick4283 How about not running the server as root and take his access to su and sudo away...

Lol, the account doesn't have sudo, and only I ran my servers as root. I did run his as root at first, but I've since switched it over and given him the link to install PuTTY, as well as instructions for running the start/stop .SH files

Everything seems to be just fine now that he's running the server from PuTTY under his account, and I've since created my own account that isn't root so I'm not running my servers under root.