yuck. coming from HP-UX, it allows you to "give" a file to another owner.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Post, Mark K [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 2:51 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: chown problems > > > You need to be root to do that. One user cannot change file > ownerships to > another user. > > > Mark Post > > -----Original Message----- > From: Little, Chris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 3:48 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: chown problems > > > I'm trying to change the ownership of a file that I as user > "oracle" own to > user "u55646" the following occurs > > -rw-r--r-- 1 u55646 dba 583 2003-09-18 13:01 > rfc1953.log > -rw-rw-rw- 1 oracle oinstall 418 2003-09-18 12:55 > rfc1953.sql > -rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oinstall 583 2003-09-18 13:01 > rfc1954.log > -rw-rw-rw- 1 oracle oinstall 412 2003-09-18 12:55 > rfc1954.sql > -rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oinstall 5208 2003-09-18 13:01 > rfc1956.log > -rw-rw-rw- 1 oracle oinstall 415 2003-09-18 12:56 > rfc1956.sql > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/dbatemp/rfcs/KDV1> chown u55646.dba rfc1953.sql > chown: changing ownership of `rfc1953.sql': Operation not permitted > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/dbatemp/rfcs/KDV1> >
