Thanks @simonmichal and @mpatrascoiu for looking at this. I'm starting to think this is related to hdfs and that's why @simonmichal couldn't reproduce it. On the other hand, I've noticed another more annoying issue related to this one. If I try a `gfal-copy` with the `xroot` protocol, as before, followed by a copy of the same file, this time using `xrdcp` and later on I restart the XRootD server, it won't start again. The following is shown in the server logs: ``` Init 1 pending create recovered from /var/spool/xrootd/standalone/.ofs/posc.log hdfsDelete(path=/cms/store/user/ddavila/some-bytes-997, recursive=0): FileSystem#delete error: RemoteException: Permission denied: user=nobody, access=WRITE, inode="/cms/store/user/ddavila":ddavila:ddavila:drwxr-xr-x <a lot of hadoop garbage> 210105 17:21:07 6580 hdfs_unlink: Unable to unlink /cms/store/user/ddavila/some-bytes-997; Permission denied 210105 17:21:07 6580 ofs_Config: Unable to unpersist /store/user/ddavila/some-bytes-997; permission denied ------ File system server initialization failed. 210105 17:21:07 6580 XrootdConfig: Unable to load base file system using default ------ xrootd protocol initialization failed. 210105 17:21:07 6580 XrdProtocol: Protocol xroot could not be loaded ------ xrootd [log in to unmask]:1094 initialization failed. ``` -- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://github.com/xrootd/xrootd/issues/1366#issuecomment-755017601 ######################################################################## Use REPLY-ALL to reply to list To unsubscribe from the XROOTD-DEV list, click the following link: https://listserv.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=XROOTD-DEV&A=1