[SunHELP] chown problems

[Christopher Schroen]

The problem is that, even though user "doetest" owns the files,
"doetest" can't transfer ownership to a different user;  only root can
do that.  It's considered poor security to let a non-root user "give
away" ownership of a file, and most modern UNIX systems don't allow
it.

For more info, see:
http://www.unix.org.ua/orelly/networking/puis/ch05_07.htm


On 6/23/05, James, Denise <denise.james at fldoe.org> wrote:
> I would like some help with the following problem.  I can make the
> requested changes when I am root of course.
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> zeus% id
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> uid=222(doetest) gid=202(doegrp)
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> zeus% ls -al
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> total 6
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> drwxrwxr-x   2 1863     doedev       512 Jun 23 14:08 .
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> drwxrwxr-x  14 doetest  doegrp       512 Oct 29  2004 ..
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> -rw-rw-r--   1 doetest  doegrp         0 Jun 23 14:08 test1
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> -rw-rw-r--   1 doetest  doegrp        35 Jun 23 14:08 testing.txt
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> zeus% chown wwwsrvr:web test*
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> chown: test1: Not owner
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> chown: testing.txt: Not owner
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: James, Denise
> Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 11:05 AM
> To: McCue, Gia
> Cc: Elam, Holly; Irwin, Nancy
> Subject: RE: edfacil directory
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> Done
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> Command I gave is chown -R wwwsrvr:web *
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> I checked a couple of subdirectories and they have the requested user
> and group.
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> If there is still a problem please let me know.
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> Denise O. James
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> Systems Project Analyst
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> Florida Department of Education
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> Education Data Center Rm. B2-24
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> 325 W. Gaines Street
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> Tallahassee, FL 32399-0400
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> Phone and Fax:  (850) 245-9805
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> denise.james at fldoe.org
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: McCue, Gia
> Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 10:55 AM
> To: James, Denise
> Cc: Elam, Holly; Irwin, Nancy
> Subject: edfacil directory
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> Denise,
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> Please change the owner of all the files in
> /home2/doetest/public_html/edfacil recursively to wwwsrvr  web.
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> When I try to execute this command
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> chown wwwsrvr:web *
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> it gives me errors saying I am not the owner of the files owned by
> doetest.  I am logged in as doetest so I am not sure what the issue is.
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> I am meeting someone at 11:00 so have to run.  If you cannot do this
> before you go at 11:15, we can talk when you get back at 2:00.
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> gia
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> Denise O. James
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> Systems Project Analyst
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> Florida Department of Education
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> Education Data Center Rm. B2-24
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> 325 W. Gaines Street
>
> Tallahassee, FL 32399-0400
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> Phone and Fax:  (850) 245-9805
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> denise.james at fldoe.org
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