On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 11:43:33AM +0000, Antoine Pitrou wrote:
> As for owner and group, I think there is a very good reason that it doesn't
> copy
> them: under Linux, only root can change these properties.
Only root can change file ownership - and yes, there are scripts that
run with root privileges, so why not copy? As for group ownership - any
user can change group if [s]he belongs to the group.
Oleg.
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