butler@BRL.MIL ("Lee A. Butler") (02/09/91)
On an Iris 4D, running OS 4D1-3.3, as root (su'ed) I type: chown -R username.groupname directory to which I get the response: chown: you are not a member of group <groupname>. just for grins, I do: chown -R username directory (which works fine). Since I have access to the particular account in question, I Then log in as the user (with login group same as indicated by "groupname" above) and type chgrp -R groupname directory and get a response of: chown: you are not a member of group <groupname>. Now I will admit that neither root nor <username> are listed in /etc/group against <groupname>. I will argue that: A) root should be able to chown/chgrp a file any which way. B) a user should be able to chgrp a file to the login group. Lee A. Butler SLCBR-VL-V Internet: butler@brl.mil Ballistic Research Laboratory Phone: (301) 278-9200 Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005-5066