[ale] chown operation not permitted

[John Wells]

No.  lsattr shows no flags:

$ lsattr testattr
-------------- testattr

Anyway, I can't chattr if I wanted to...seems I don't have permissions if I
don't have root.  Thanks for the suggestion though.

Any other thoughts?  In Solaris, I know there's a config item in one the
system scripts that will disable chown *system-wide*.  Is there anything
like that for linux?

Thanks,
John



Original message --------
From: Christopher <christopher at bergeron.com>
To: ale at ale.org
To: 'John Wells' <jb at sourceillustrated.com>
Subject: RE: [ale] chown operation not permitted
Date: 04-24-02 18:27

> Have you tried using chattr to change the attributes?  It might be an
immutable file. (i flag I think).

-CB

&gt; -----Original Message-----
&gt; From: John Wells [mailto:jb at sourceillustrated.com]
&gt; Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 10:15 AM
&gt; To: John C; John Wells; ale at ale.org
&gt; Subject: RE: [ale] chown operation not permitted
&gt;
&gt; It's through a shell using ssh
&gt;
&gt;
&gt; ---------  Original message --------
&gt; From: John C &lt;jcouncilman at knology.net&gt;
&gt; To: John Wells &lt;jb at sourceillustrated.com&gt;, ale at ale.org
&lt;ale at ale.org&gt;
&gt; Subject: RE: [ale] chown operation not permitted
&gt; Date: 04-24-02 18:04
&gt;
&gt; &gt; Is this on FTP or through shell access?
&gt;
&gt; -----Original Message-----
&gt; From: John Wells [mailto:jb at sourceillustrated.com]
&gt; Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 6:25 AM
&gt; To: ale at ale.org
&gt; Subject: [ale] chown operation not permitted
&gt;
&gt;
&gt; I'm trying to change ownership of a file on my ISP's box.  I own the
file,
&gt; but when I attempt to change it I get an &amp;quot;operation not
&gt; permitted&amp;quot;
&gt; error.
&gt;
&gt; I remember in the past being able to disable non-root chowns on
Solaris
&gt; and
&gt; I'm betting there's a way to set this under Linux.  For the life of
me, I
&gt; can't remember how.
&gt;
&gt; Can anyone point me in the right direction for info about this?
&gt;
&gt; Thanks,
&gt; John
&gt;
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