tags 10479 + notabug moreinfo close 10479 thanks Since this isn't a bug in chown I have closed this bug report. In the future if you are simply asking questions please use the [email protected] discussion address instead of bug-coreutils since messages to bug-coreutils create tracking tickets. Thanks.
[email protected] wrote: > hi, i am installing GLPI application on a server. I ran a command > 'chown -R apache glpi', it gives me an error that 'chown: invalid > user: `apache'', So can you tell me where the problem is? That message should be telling you everything you need to know already. You do not have an apache user on your system. That is why it is telling you that the user is invalid. What is the output of this command? I expect it will error saying no such user. id apache Perhaps the user on your system is "www-data", which is typical? Bob
