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08-20-2004, 10:17 PM
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Registered: Jul 2004
Distribution: Red Hat 9, Mandrake 9.2
Posts: 211
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Chgrp Problem
1) i greated group "financegrp", then i created a folder as "finance" in
opt directory.
2) now i would like to change the group owner ship of folder finance to
financegrp.
3) i type following command,
chgrp -R financegrp /opt/finance/
it gives me following error,
chgrp: changing group of '/opt/finance/' : Operation not permitted
chgrp: changing group of '/opt/finance/hello/' : Opertaion not permitted
* hello is the file in the finance folder.
I am doing all this as a superuser(root)
What could be the problem ??
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08-20-2004, 11:27 PM
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Moderator
Registered: Apr 2002
Location: earth
Distribution: slackware by choice, others too :} ... android.
Posts: 23,067
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What's the output of
mount
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08-21-2004, 01:34 PM
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Member
Registered: Jul 2004
Distribution: Red Hat 9, Mandrake 9.2
Posts: 211
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Quote:
What's the output of
mount
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Which mount ???
I am asking about chgrp problem ??
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08-21-2004, 03:19 PM
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Moderator
Registered: Apr 2002
Location: earth
Distribution: slackware by choice, others too :} ... android.
Posts: 23,067
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Wondering about the mount flags for opt,
and its filesystem. If root can't chgrp the flaw
must be somewhere in the underlying functionality
rather than with chgrp (I'd think).
Cheers,
Tink
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08-28-2004, 10:14 PM
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Member
Registered: Jul 2004
Distribution: Red Hat 9, Mandrake 9.2
Posts: 211
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so what should i do to solve this problem
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08-28-2004, 11:48 PM
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Registered: Apr 2002
Location: earth
Distribution: slackware by choice, others too :} ... android.
Posts: 23,067
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Answering my question may allow me to help.
Cheers,
Tink
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08-30-2004, 09:09 PM
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#7
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Member
Registered: Jul 2004
Distribution: Red Hat 9, Mandrake 9.2
Posts: 211
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Quote:
If root can't chgrp the flaw
must be somewhere in the underlying functionality
rather than with chgrp (I'd think).
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how can i know that there is some underlying functionallity problem , if there is some underlying functionallity problem then what it is and how to solve it.
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08-30-2004, 11:55 PM
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Moderator
Registered: Apr 2002
Location: earth
Distribution: slackware by choice, others too :} ... android.
Posts: 23,067
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*sigh*
What is the output of
mount
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And if you ask me why this was the last of your question
of yours I've answered ... ;)
Cheers,
Tink
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