> > > > > >>What is the filesystem? Some legacy filesystems do not support changing > >>ownership. If it is ext2 or ext3, this won't be the issue. > >> > >>Also, I think you need the "-R" before the "root:root". > > > > ---- > > bash on redhat/fedora systems is pretty forgiving with this. You can > > locate the -R modifier pretty much anywhere...not so on other shells and > > other systems. > > When did chown become a shell built-in? > > $ which chown > /bin/chown > $ ---- you may very well be right on this - I thought the shell passed the commands over to the binary. Craig [Timothy A. Holmes] I cant speak to this -- I have always just used chown without a path attached TIM
