Miller, Maurice wrote: > curious why members of the same group can not chown/chmod files owned by the group ?
It all depends upon the security policy of the underlying operating system. If the system allows it then you can do it. If not then you can't. > When I execute chmod/chown I get this result; > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 777 ps_ef > chmod: changing permissions of `ps_ef': Operation not permitted You are not the superuser so this is not allowed. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] root:root ps_ef > chown: changing ownership of `ps_ef': Operation not permitted > [EMAIL PROTECTED] You are not the superuser so this is not allowed. > Any idea's why I am unable to do this ? http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/coreutils-faq.html Search for "Why can only root chown files?" where there is an explanation of this behavior. Bob P.S. Also read "I reported a bug but did not get a response." I know there was a long delay in getting a response to your message. Everyone was just busy at the time. Way too much to do... _______________________________________________ Bug-fileutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-fileutils
