[SunHELP] chown problems

[Ajit Datey]

Hi! Now this is default behavior in Solaris. It is not good practice to 
allow users to change ownership of files. If you really want to allow users 
to be able to change ownership of files  then add the following entry in 
/etc/system and reboot.

set rstchown = 0

This will allow users to change ownership of files which they currently own.

Ajit

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "velociraptor" <velociraptor at gmail.com>
To: "The SunHELP List" <sunhelp at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 2:58 PM
Subject: Re: [SunHELP] chown problems


> As far as I am aware, only root has the ability to change
> the ownership of files.
>
> If you are a member of multiple groups, you should
> be able to use the "chgrp" command to change the
> group ownership of files.
>
> I recommend installation of sudo as a method for
> granularly controlling root privileges so that.
>
> =Nadine=
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> 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
>>
>> Systems Project Analyst
>>
>> 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
>>
>> Systems Project Analyst
>>
>> Florida Department of Education
>>
>> Education Data Center Rm. B2-24
>>
>> 325 W. Gaines Street
>>
>> Tallahassee, FL 32399-0400
>>
>> Phone and Fax:  (850) 245-9805
>>
>> denise.james at fldoe.org
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