Could you please follow up with the output from the following commands: fgrep root /etc/passwd fgrep staff /etc/group
For example, on my 9.04 system I get the following output: e...@indeed:~$ fgrep root /etc/passwd root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash e...@indeed:~$ fgrep staff /etc/group staff:x:50: And changing a file with chown works as expected here: e...@indeed:~$ touch /tmp/fnord e...@indeed:~$ chown root:staff fnord chown: changing ownership of `fnord': Operation not permitted e...@indeed:$ sudo chown root:staff /tmp/fnord [sudo] password for era: e...@indeed:$ ls -l /tmp/fnord -rw-r--r-- 1 root staff 0 2009-08-11 19:22 /tmp/fnord Could you run the same commands and post a transcript here? Thanks. -- package emacs22-common 22.2-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/396038 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
