Actually reading the text of the man page showed me that a period is also acceptable... :)
On Thu, 2003-09-18 at 14:57, Post, Mark K wrote: > A period works just as well (I use it all the time out of habit). He's not > getting a syntax error, it's permissions related. > > Mark Post > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rich Smrcina [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 3:55 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: chown problems > > > The man page on RHL 9.0 shows the format as: > > chown u55646:dba rfc1953.sql > > On Thu, 2003-09-18 at 14:47, Little, Chris wrote: > > 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> > -- > Rich Smrcina > Sr. Systems Engineer > Sytek Services - A Division of DSG > Milwaukee, WI > rsmrcina at wi.rr.com > rsmrcina at dsgroup.com > > Catch the WAVV! Stay for requirements and the free-for-all. > Update your zSeries skills in 4 days for a very reasonable price. > WAVV 2004 in Chattanooga, TN > April 30-May 4, 2004 > For details see http://www.wavv.org -- Rich Smrcina Sr. Systems Engineer Sytek Services - A Division of DSG Milwaukee, WI rsmrcina at wi.rr.com rsmrcina at dsgroup.com Catch the WAVV! Stay for requirements and the free-for-all. Update your zSeries skills in 4 days for a very reasonable price. WAVV 2004 in Chattanooga, TN April 30-May 4, 2004 For details see http://www.wavv.org
