Re: chown - Operation not permitted

[Brian Dessent]

Bob Proulx wrote:

> Please see this frequently given answer in the reference below.
> 
>   http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/
> 
> Look for "Why can only root chown files?"

Incidently, there is an incomplete sentence in that section of the FAQ
("Such as creating...").

Brian

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 @item
 A user can create files that they cannot remove.  With the old semantics
 it was possible for normal users to create situations that only the
-superuser could fix.  Such as creating a non-writable directory of files
+superuser could fix, such as creating a non-writable directory of files
 and then giving the ownership away.  Since they no longer own the files
 they can't change them, nor can they remove them.  This is commonly a
 problem when untaring files that other people created with restrictive