1. OS X (Apple)

Strangely, chown and chmod don't seem to work on symlinks. In particular, I tried this (as root): # touch foo # ln -s foo mysymlink # chown SOMEUSER mysymlink as well as changing the last line to: # chown -h someuser mysymlink where "-h" is supposed to change the UID of the actualy... (1 Reply)

2. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

How do I change the owner of the process in runtime.I'm working AIX. I would appreciate ,If I get sample scripts. (1 Reply)

3. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Hi, I have a file in my system as below My user and grp id is sns / sns -rwxrwxrwx 1 sns sns 6012357 Sep 27 06:01 sample Is there a way to change the owner and grp of this file to app / app ... ie. as given below -rwxrwxrwx 1 app app 6012357 Sep 27 06:01 sample I guessed... (1 Reply)

4. Solaris

Hi, I own a file, when i try to change the owner of my file to other user it is throwing error like chown: changing ownership of `a.txt': Not owner my OS is sunOS 5.8 Thanks. (1 Reply)

5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

How to change the owner of a file. example: suppose original owner is A and we want to change to B Please provide the syntax Thanks (1 Reply)

6. Solaris

Hi Folks, I know that changing users and groups is pretty basic admin, but this one has got me stumped. When I try to change the group of a file for which I am the owner for, it still gives me a 'Not owner' error. For example, when I am logged in as 'webadmin', I have the following file: ... (4 Replies)

7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

hai, I am new to Unix, I have a requirement to display owner name , directory or sub directory name, who's owner name is not equal to "oasitqtc". (here "oasitqtc" is the owner of the directory or sub directory.) i have a command (below) which will display all folders and sub folders, but i... (6 Replies)

8. OS X (Apple)

Would the owner as listed , be the one who made the directory in the first place. when any one could use chown in a script. I do not know where this directory came form or who made it. And am attempting to just find out more info on it. what could i use to find its origins and its why does it... (3 Replies)

9. Solaris

i need to do the following operations in solaris 10: 1.change owner and group owner for files which are not owned by the current user and user group 2.to can delete files in the /tmp directory which are not of the current user 3. allow to a standard user the deletion of files in the /tmp... (1 Reply)

10. AIX

Hi. My example: I have a filesystem /log. Everyday, log files are copied to /log. I'd like to set owner and permission for files and directories in /log like that chown -R log_adm /log/* chmod -R 544 /log/*It's OK, but just at that time. When a new log file or new directory is created in /log,... (8 Replies)