On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 23:40, Car54 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a software that is running on a Linux server and there was a glitch in > the install script and I was told to change ownership on this subdirectory > from root to "apache"... and for some reason it says it's changed on the > subdirectory and everything below it, but as you can see below what I'm > getting in an error log. > > Thanks for taking a look at this. > > > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jul 16 23:34 ttc > > # chown -R apache:apache ttc > > drwxr-xr-x 3 apache apache 4096 Jul 16 23:34 ttc > > chown: changing ownership of > `/home/fum/ttc/home/fum/lib/templates/members/login.html.tt2c': Operation > not permitted > chown: changing ownership of > `/home/fum/ttc/home/fum/lib/templates/members/neworder-mail.tt2c': Operation > not permitted > chown: changing ownership of > `/home/fum/ttc/home/fum/lib/templates/members/newclient-mail.tt2c': > Operation not permitted > chown: changing ownership of > `/home/fum/ttc/home/fum/lib/templates/members/activation-mail.tt2c': > Operation not permitted > chown: changing ownership of > `/home/fum/ttc/home/fum/lib/templates/members/homeshell.html.tt2c': > Operation not permitted > chown: changing ownership of > `/home/fum/ttc/home/fum/lib/templates/members/header.html.tt2c': Operation > not permitted
Non root users are not permitted to change ownership of files. This is an (intentional) operating system limitation. Krist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bremgarten b. Bern, Switzerland -- A: It reverses the normal flow of conversation. Q: What's wrong with top-posting? A: Top-posting. Q: What's the biggest scourge on plain text email discussions? --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] " from the digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
