> From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- > boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Michelle Knight > > I seem to have a problem changing the owner of a symlinked directory. > > As root... > > mkdir a > chown admin:audiogroup a > ln -s a b > > Directory "b" shows up owned by root, but I can't change it from this. > I can't change the mod permissions either. > > "chown admin:audiogroup b" doesn't work. There doesn't seem to be a > lchown command. Also trying the -L switch would change the linked-to > file if I read correctly.
Don't change perms of symlinks. They should always be 777. (Generally.) Perms are controlled by the object they point to. _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
