Hi, as a new user to linux, but well-know with UNIX-systems, I found it rather strange to see what happens whenever I use the chown command.
I (userone) create a file in /tmp and want to make usertwo owner of it: userone and usertwo both are normal users of the system. > id uid=250(userone) gid=1002(mnp) groups=1002(mnp) > id usertwo uid=5003(usertwo) gid=2003(other) groups=2003(other) > cd /tmp > touch aa > ls -l -rw-r--r-- 1 usertwo other 0 May 26 15:25 /tmp/bb -rw-r--r-- 1 userone mnp 0 May 26 15:28 /tmp/aa > chown usertwo aa chown: changing ownership of `aa': Operation not permitted > ls -l -rw-r--r-- 1 usertwo other 0 May 26 15:25 /tmp/bb -rw-r--r-- 1 userone mnp 0 May 26 15:28 /tmp/aa > chmod 777 aa > ls -l -rw-r--r-- 1 usertwo other 0 May 26 15:25 /tmp/bb -rwxrwxrwx 1 userone mnp 0 May 26 15:28 /tmp/aa > chown usertwo aa chown: changing ownership of `aa': Operation not permitted > chgrp other aa > ls -l -rw-r--r-- 1 usertwo other 0 May 26 15:25 /tmp/bb -rwxrwxrwx 1 userone other 0 May 26 15:28 /tmp/aa > chown usertwo aa chown: changing ownership of `aa': Operation not permitted > ls -l -rw-r--r-- 1 usertwo other 0 May 26 15:25 /tmp/bb -rwxrwxrwx 1 userone other 0 May 26 15:28 /tmp/aa > chown 5003 aa chown: changing ownership of `aa': Operation not permitted > ls -l -rw-r--r-- 1 usertwo other 0 May 26 15:25 /tmp/bb -rwxrwxrwx 1 userone other 0 May 26 15:28 /tmp/aa Is this normal functionallity or is something wrong on our system? Regards, Wilco de Vries. ____________________________________________________________________________ "Dit bericht en eventuele aangehechte bestanden zijn vertrouwelijk en uitsluitend bestemd voor de geadresseerde. Ongeautoriseerde verstrekking of bekendmaking aan en gebruik door anderen zijn niet toegestaan. Als u dit bericht per vergissing hebt ontvangen wordt u verzocht dit onmiddellijk aan de afzender te melden en het bericht van uw systemen te verwijderen. De werkgever van de afzender kan niet garanderen dat de verzonden en/of ontvangen informatie juist is en aanvaardt geen aansprakelijkheid voor schade die eruit kan voortvloeien." "This message and any files transmitted with it may contain confidential information and is solely intended for the addressee(s). Any unauthorized disclosure or actions taken in reliance on it are forbidden. If you have received this message in error, please delete it and notify the sender. The employer of the sender does not guarantee that the information sent and/or received is correct and does not accept any liability for damages related thereto." _______________________________________________ Bug-fileutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-fileutils