On Fri, Sep 29, 2006 at 06:47:42PM -0400, Jon LaBadie wrote: > On Fri, Sep 29, 2006 at 06:01:46PM -0400, Steve Newcomb wrote: > > chown root.disk /home/amanda/libexec/runtar > > All the chown's I've used require a colon (':'), > not a period ('.') between the user and group.
It's a BSD-ism that's been inherited into the GNU tools. POSIX technically disallows it because a username is allowed to contain dots. Check the documentation for fileutils for more references. Might not be a bad idea to convert that to colon since Amanda can run on many platforms that are both non-BSD and non-GNU. -- Ross Vandegrift [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The good Christian should beware of mathematicians, and all those who make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to confine man in the bonds of Hell." --St. Augustine, De Genesi ad Litteram, Book II, xviii, 37