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Re: chown: Function not implemented



I note that there is a bug filed on this now.

Our web publishing scripts use chown and rearrange
symlinks a lot.  Is this somehow `deprecated' and
not to be counted on in which case I'd make my own
/bin/lchown?  chown -h failed same way.

cfm


> >>>>> "cfm" == cfm  <cfm@maine.com> writes:
> 
>     cfm> Is this right?  root can not change ownership of a symlink?
> 
> You want lchown. Note that it's only available as a system call.
> 


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Christopher F. Miller, Publisher                            cfm@maine.com
MaineStreet Communications, Inc        208 Portland Road, Gray, ME  04039
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