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I have a problem with file permission/user/group set.
I can't set the "nobody" user for some files.
It is useful for me in order to change this file
from a www-cgi application written in Perl.
The chown command works without errors but it doesn't
really work. The files are still owned by the root
user.

Is there anybody who can help me?

Thanks in advance

Massimiliano Panichi

Quote:

>The chown command works without errors but it doesn't
>really work. The files are still owned by the root
>user.

chown user:group filename???

If I do it, it works, provided the user and group exist.

Can you post a ls -al of the file before and after the command?

Cliff

--linas

1. chown will negate the use of sticky and suid/sgid on a file/dir.
2. specifying a . as in: "chown root. filename" will change the group to
the login group, but: "chown root filename" won't.

        These are just things about chown I hadn't known before. Hope you
find your problem!

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