can't change ownership on files

[Smith, Albert]

What are the current owner ship and permission's of the file?

Albert Smith
Sr. Unix Systems Administrator
HPCSA, RHCT
Genex Services
440 E. Swedesford Rd.
Wayne, PA 19087
albert.smith at genexservices.com
(610) 964-5154
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-install-list-bounces at redhat.com 
> [mailto:redhat-install-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of 
> Waldher, Travis R
> Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 3:37 PM
> To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux
> Subject: can't change ownership on files
> 
> [user at host /tmp]$ chown user2 test
> chown: changing ownership of `test': Operation not permitted 
> [user at host /tmp]$
> 
> That about sums it up.  I need non-root users to be able to 
> change ownership on files.
> 
> I heard there is a system setting that can be changed to make 
> this work, but I haven't been able to find it.
> 
> Thanks,
> Travis
> 
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