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On Thu, 2004-06-24 at 19:08, Geoffrey wrote:

> Sean Kilpatrick wrote:
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> > Have a zip drive.
> > It is mounted at /misc/zip/
> > On it is a directory: /Scripts/wake/ and I want to
> > change the ownership-Group of all the files in that
> > directory. Got the command right and was told, for
> > each file, "Operation not permitted."
> 
> What is the full path the the directory?  /misc/zip/Scripts/wake/ ????
> 
> > So I tried to back out a bit and change the permissions
> > on the zip platter itself.
> > the directory is currently listed this way:
> > 
> > drwxrwxr-x    6 nobody   users       16384 Dec 31  1969 zip
> > 
> > so I tried while in the /misc directory (as root):
> > chown kilpatms.users * 
> > and once again was told "Operation not permitted."
> > 
> > What's happening is that when I copy files (that have the
> > correct permissions) from the hard drive to the zip platter
> > [giving me a backup] the perms are changed from kilpatms-kilpatms
> > to nobody-users.  I need to have the perms remain unchanged.
> 
> How are you copying the files?  Root should most definitely be able to 
> change the permissions.
> 
> > 
> > How can I fix this?
> > 
> > Sean
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