chown --from

[Saso Zivanovic]

Well, not exactly a bug I think. There is an option '--from' mentioned in my 
man pages (Suse 7.2), but I couldn't find it mentioned on the web. Plus, if I 
use it, it doesn't work, or, put it this way, it works too much: I can't 
change what I want. Here's what I do (as user 'saso' and as root):

address@hidden:~/temp > ll cobiss
-rw-rw-r--    1 saso     users        4942 Nov  1 21:13 cobiss
address@hidden:~/temp > chown -v --from=saso:users saso:saso cobiss
address@hidden:~/temp > ll cobiss
-rw-rw-r--    1 saso     users        4942 Nov  1 21:13 cobiss
address@hidden:~/temp >

Am I doing something wrong?

Otherwise, keep doing your job, GNU guys. You're really great!

Saso Zivanovic