[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Shouldn't the ownership of the copied file be the same as the > origination file when using the "cp -p filefrom fileto" command? > When I copy it shows the ownership as myself instead.
This is a system dependent feature. Some older classic Unix systems allowed users to give away files. But it causes problems and most modern systems do not allow this behavior. Please look at the documentation here: http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/ Look for "Why can only root chown files?" It will explain in more detail the issue that you are experiencing. It talks about chown but it is the same issue as with 'cp -p'. Bob _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
