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01-08-2003, 02:14 AM
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Registered: Sep 2002
Location: fdas
Posts: 100
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preserve the ownership
After the user zip the file , then the owner of the zip file will be changed , how to preserve the owership ? thx
host//tmp> ll abc.prn
-rwxrwxrwx userA abc.prn
host//tmp> whoami
host//tmp> userB
host//tmp> gzip abc.prn
gzip: abc.prn: Operation not permitted
host//tmp> ll abc.prn*
host//tmp> -rwxrwxrwx userA abc.prn
-rwxrwxrwx userB abc.prn.gz
How to let the owner of the file "abc.prn.gz" is userA (except change it by root) ? thx
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01-08-2003, 02:42 AM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jun 2001
Location: South Alabama
Distribution: Fedora / RedHat / SuSE
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change it with
Code:
chown userA.userA filename
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01-08-2003, 09:48 PM
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Location: fdas
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I can do it at UNIX , but fail in Linux , the error is "chown: changing ownership of `./abc.prn': Operation not permitted" , all users is the same result, can suggest how to make it? thx.
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01-08-2003, 10:08 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Sep 2002
Location: Nashville, TN
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Does userB have permission to write to the directory where the file is?
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01-08-2003, 10:19 PM
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Location: fdas
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Yes , the path is released to all users, the mode is 666 .
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01-09-2003, 12:01 AM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jun 2001
Location: South Alabama
Distribution: Fedora / RedHat / SuSE
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you need to be root
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