[TriLUG] redhat 2.1 chown problem

[Ryan Leathers]

does root own the directory?
is the sticky bit set?

On Thu, 2004-03-18 at 11:47, Marvin Blackburn wrote:
> I have a directory
> 775 /u01/app/oracle/jomarmgr/jcust/users with jomarmgr:jomarmgr ownership.
> a file exists in directory FILEA with with 644 jomarmgr:jomarmgr ownership.
> 
> I try to change ownership from jomarmgr to perltest
> I get "Operation not permitted".
> 
> It turns out that it appears that root is the only user allowed to change
> ownerships.
> 
> I have tried putting the perltest user in the jomarmgr group and the
> jomarmgr user in
> the perl test group and reboot -- but this still doesnt work.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> ------------------
> Marvin Blackburn
> Systems Administrator
> Glen Raven
> "He's no failure.  He's not dead yet" --William Lloyd George
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