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 -- Ryan Leathers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Global Knowledge
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