chown problem in AS4

[Md. Shafiullah]

I am using Redhat Linux AS4 Update 3 Kernel 2.6.9-34.ELsmp. I have created a new user named test123. But the user cant change ownership of any of his folders or files. The error shows like "chown: changing ownership of `file1': Operation not permitted". Even though he created a folder, he cant change the ownership. Please help.

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

Insufficient information.

Suggestions:

Maybe its a Samba folder that is not properly integrated into LDAP or ADS and the user is not owner in the global sense, ie the central authentication server.

Could be a remote samba mount that does not respect permissions, this is a bug in the samba client included in AS 4.

Maybe a conflict or inconsistency in /etc/passwd, /etc/group or /etc/shadow

pwck
grpck

SEP

[Ivan Ferreira · Accepted solution]

In Linux, this is a normal behaviour. Normal users cannot run the chown command even for files that they own. If you want to share files, you must use group membership permissions and follow the User Private Group security scheme.

[Md. Shafiullah]

I think Ivan is right. In linux normal users cant use chown. I have configured sudo to give the user chown permission. In HPUX or Solaris normal users can use chown. I think Redhat should add this feature to normal linux users.

Thanks Steven and Ivan for your response.