Re: chown 5.0.91 bug.

[Richard Dawe]

Hello.

Dylan Shell wrote:
> i've compiled chown on a gentoo gnu/linux system, the
> program reports its version as 5.0.91.
> it seems to no longer accept a user followed by a group with a separator
> as a full-stop (the colon works fine).
> this means I get:
> # chown root. *
> chown: `root.': invalid user
[snip]
> but:
> # chown root *
[snip]

I have no idea about the problem you describe, but you're cases with no group
don't look equivalent. Does this work:

    chown root: *

Note the colon. Or was the missing colon a typo in your original mail?

Thanks, regards,

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