Hello.
Dylan Shell wrote:
> i've compiled chown on a gentoo gnu/linux system, the
> program reports its version as 5.0.91.
> it seems to no longer accept a user followed by a group with a separator
> as a full-stop (the colon works fine).
> this means I get:
> # chown root. *
> chown: `root.': invalid user
[snip]
> but:
> # chown root *
[snip]
I have no idea about the problem you describe, but you're cases with no group
don't look equivalent. Does this work:
chown root: *
Note the colon. Or was the missing colon a typo in your original mail?
Thanks, regards,
--
Richard Dawe [ http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~phekda/richdawe/ ]
"You can't evaluate a man by logic alone." -- McCoy, "I, Mudd", Star Trek
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