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Re: Chown problem



Hi Hans,

>>check whether the user and the group exists and try "chown -R jkr:jkr *"

> Shouldn't it be "chown -R jkr:jkr /" ?

this will chown the whole system...

> I think, there must be a trailing slash, 
> just like "chown -R jkr:jkr /home/jkr/"

... for my experiences a chown without a trailing slash changes the
permissions in the working directory (if -R is specified, the
subdirectories too).

Greetings, Tobias



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