Hello, I'm not sure if this is correct operation, or a bug... using: coreutils-5.2.1.tar.gz
I'm in my home dir, changing permissions on hidden files and folders in my home dir. Apparently chown also grabs .. all the way up to /home and changes that ownership as well as any users in /home [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/dcox# chown -Rv dcox.users .* ownership of `.' retained as dcox:users changed ownership of `./.bash_logout' to dcox:users changed ownership of `./.bash_profile' to dcox:users changed ownership of `./.bashrc' to dcox:users changed ownership of `./.bash_history' to dcox:users changed ownership of `./.viminfo' to dcox:users changed ownership of `..' to dcox:users ownership of `../dcox' retained as dcox:users ownership of `../dcox/.bash_logout' retained as dcox:users ownership of `../dcox/.bash_profile' retained as dcox:users ownership of `../dcox/.bashrc' retained as dcox:users ownership of `../dcox/.bash_history' retained as dcox:users ownership of `../dcox/.viminfo' retained as dcox:users changed ownership of `../named' to dcox:users changed ownership of `../named/.bash_logout' to dcox:users changed ownership of `../named/.bash_profile' to dcox:users changed ownership of `../named/.bashrc' to dcox:users changed ownership of `../named/.viminfo' to dcox:users changed ownership of `../named/.bash_history' to dcox:users changed ownership of `../named/.ssh2' to dcox:users changed ownership of `../named/.ssh2/random_seed' to dcox:users changed ownership of `../named/.ssh2/hostkeys' to dcox:users changed ownership of `../named/.ssh2/hostkeys/named_ns1.illicom.net' to dcox:users changed ownership of `../named/.ssh2/hostkeys/named_ns1.illicom.net.pub' to dcox:users changed ownership of `../named/.ssh2/hostkeys/named_ns2.illicom.net' to dcox:users changed ownership of `../named/.ssh2/hostkeys/named_ns2.illicom.net.pub' to dcox:users changed ownership of `../named/.ssh2/hostkeys/named_ns3.illicom.net' to dcox:users changed ownership of `../named/.ssh2/hostkeys/named_ns3.illicom.net.pub' to dcox:users changed ownership of `../named/.ssh2/identification' to dcox:users changed ownership of `../named/.ssh2/authorization' to dcox:users changed ownership of `.bash_history' to dcox:users changed ownership of `.bash_logout' to dcox:users changed ownership of `.bash_profile' to dcox:users changed ownership of `.bashrc' to dcox:users changed ownership of `.viminfo' to dcox:users _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
