gary ng wrote:
> I have no idea what the source of this. I have a LDAP directory setup
> for user account management. Everything things work fine including login
> etc. However, when I want to change the ownership of a file belong to a
> particular user(under his home directory) when login as that user, I get
> a operation not permitted, as below :

This is not a bug in coreutils.  It is a security policy decision of the
operating system kernel.  Please read the GNU coreutils FAQ.

  http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/

Look for "Why can only root chown files?"

Bob


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