From unknown Fri Aug 15 19:27:40 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#10636: chown verbose option (-v) reports incorrect retained owner:group Resent-From: Tero Nieminen Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 01:29:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: report 10636 X-GNU-PR-Package: coreutils X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: 10636@debbugs.gnu.org X-Debbugs-Original-To: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Received: via spool by submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B.132780048222580 (code B ref -1); Sun, 29 Jan 2012 01:29:01 +0000 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 Jan 2012 01:28:02 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42659 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RrJYn-0005rr-4J for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:28:01 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:38819) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RrJP9-0005dm-9A for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:18:04 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RrJP1-0003iD-TH for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:17:56 -0500 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]:45395) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RrJP1-0003i9-RH for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:17:55 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:41807) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RrJP0-0000Fv-Sn for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:17:55 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RrJOy-0003hz-33 for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:17:54 -0500 Received: from posti8.jyu.fi ([130.234.5.35]:60166) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RrJOx-0003hi-II for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:17:52 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by posti8.jyu.fi (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id q0T1Hj7a032742 for ; Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:17:45 +0200 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at cc.jyu.fi Received: from posti8.jyu.fi ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (posti8.jyu.fi [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 4Gwkqca0+uo9 for ; Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:17:42 +0200 (EET) Received: from sam.localdomain (easy-ff09c200-10.dhcp.inet.fi [88.194.9.10]) (authenticated bits=0) by posti8.jyu.fi (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id q0T1Hfjg032737 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:17:42 +0200 Message-ID: <4F249E34.8080604@jyu.fi> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:17:40 +0200 From: Tero Nieminen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:9.0) Gecko/20111222 Thunderbird/9.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.17 X-Spam-Score: -4.2 (----) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:27:59 -0500 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -4.2 (----) I just noticed that when I use chown like this: chown -hRv --from=500:500 1000:1000 nnn (as root) it prints incorrect information on retained owner:group, like this: ownership of `nnn/lost+found' retained as 1000:1000 Ie. instead of printing the actual retained owner and group (in this case root:root) it seems to incorrectly print the owner:group I was trying to change to. Is this maybe a bug in Gnu-coreutils/chown or just in the particular version (8.12) shipped with Fedora 16 (coreutils-8.12-2.fc16.x86_64)? I could Only found a single non-bug for chown in debbugs.gnu.org (maybe I just don't know how to search ;). If this is fixed or nonexistent in GNU-coreutils, I'll file the bug to Fedora. -- Tero Nieminen ttn@jyu.fi From unknown Fri Aug 15 19:27:40 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#10636: chown verbose option (-v) reports incorrect retained owner:group Resent-From: Jim Meyering Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 09:57:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 10636 X-GNU-PR-Package: coreutils X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: Tero Nieminen Cc: 10636@debbugs.gnu.org Received: via spool by 10636-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B10636.132783100824588 (code B ref 10636); Sun, 29 Jan 2012 09:57:02 +0000 Received: (at 10636) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 Jan 2012 09:56:48 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42972 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RrRV9-0006OW-Dl for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:56:48 -0500 Received: from mx.meyering.net ([88.168.87.75]:44769) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RrRV7-0006OO-9w for 10636@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:56:46 -0500 Received: from rho.meyering.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by rho.meyering.net (Acme Bit-Twister) with ESMTP id C4B7E60048; Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:56:40 +0100 (CET) From: Jim Meyering In-Reply-To: <4F249E34.8080604@jyu.fi> (Tero Nieminen's message of "Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:17:40 +0200") References: <4F249E34.8080604@jyu.fi> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:56:40 +0100 Message-ID: <87wr8au90n.fsf@rho.meyering.net> Lines: 38 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) Tero Nieminen wrote: > I just noticed that when I use chown like this: > > chown -hRv --from=500:500 1000:1000 nnn (as root) > > it prints incorrect information on retained owner:group, like this: > > ownership of `nnn/lost+found' retained as 1000:1000 > > Ie. instead of printing the actual retained owner and group (in this > case root:root) it seems to incorrectly print the owner:group I was > trying to change to. > > Is this maybe a bug in Gnu-coreutils/chown or just in the particular > version (8.12) shipped with Fedora 16 (coreutils-8.12-2.fc16.x86_64)? > > I could Only found a single non-bug for chown in debbugs.gnu.org > (maybe I just don't know how to search ;). Thank you for noticing and reporting that bug. You guessed it. It is specific to Fedora's version of chown. I.e., when I try to reproduce it with the chown from stock coreutils-8.15, it works as expected. Actually, this can be demonstrated by non-root. The F16-supplied chown (coreutils-8.12-2.fc16.x86_64) fails: $ /bin/chown -v --from=1:1 $UID:$UID / ownership of `/' retained as 1000:1000 When I run the one from coreutils-8.15, it works as expected: $ chown -v --from=1:1 $UID:$UID / : ownership of '/' retained as root:root > If this is fixed or nonexistent in GNU-coreutils, I'll file the bug to Fedora. Thanks! From unknown Fri Aug 15 19:27:40 2025 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.428 (Entity 5.428) X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org From: help-debbugs@gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System) To: Tero Nieminen Subject: bug#10636: closed (Re: bug#10636: chown verbose option (-v) reports incorrect retained owner:group) Message-ID: References: <87lioqu89x.fsf@rho.meyering.net> <4F249E34.8080604@jyu.fi> X-Gnu-PR-Message: they-closed 10636 X-Gnu-PR-Package: coreutils Reply-To: 10636@debbugs.gnu.org Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:13:02 +0000 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----------=_1327831982-26046-1" This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_1327831982-26046-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Your bug report #10636: chown verbose option (-v) reports incorrect retained owner:group which was filed against the coreutils package, has been closed. The explanation is attached below, along with your original report. If you require more details, please reply to 10636@debbugs.gnu.org. --=20 10636: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=3D10636 GNU Bug Tracking System Contact help-debbugs@gnu.org with problems ------------=_1327831982-26046-1 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received: (at 10636-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 Jan 2012 10:12:49 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42993 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RrRke-0006lg-NV for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 29 Jan 2012 05:12:49 -0500 Received: from mx.meyering.net ([88.168.87.75]:44807) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RrRkc-0006lW-43 for 10636-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 29 Jan 2012 05:12:46 -0500 Received: from rho.meyering.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by rho.meyering.net (Acme Bit-Twister) with ESMTP id 46BFD60097; Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:12:42 +0100 (CET) From: Jim Meyering To: Tero Nieminen Subject: Re: bug#10636: chown verbose option (-v) reports incorrect retained owner:group In-Reply-To: <87wr8au90n.fsf@rho.meyering.net> (Jim Meyering's message of "Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:56:40 +0100") References: <4F249E34.8080604@jyu.fi> <87wr8au90n.fsf@rho.meyering.net> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:12:42 +0100 Message-ID: <87lioqu89x.fsf@rho.meyering.net> Lines: 11 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 10636-done Cc: 10636-done@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) tags 10636 notabug thanks ... > Thank you for noticing and reporting that bug. > You guessed it. It is specific to Fedora's version of chown. > I.e., when I try to reproduce it with the chown from stock > coreutils-8.15, it works as expected. Oh, and since it's not an upstream bug, I'm marking it as such and closing its ticket. ------------=_1327831982-26046-1 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 Jan 2012 01:28:02 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42659 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RrJYn-0005rr-4J for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:28:01 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:38819) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RrJP9-0005dm-9A for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:18:04 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RrJP1-0003iD-TH for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:17:56 -0500 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]:45395) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RrJP1-0003i9-RH for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:17:55 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:41807) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RrJP0-0000Fv-Sn for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:17:55 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RrJOy-0003hz-33 for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:17:54 -0500 Received: from posti8.jyu.fi ([130.234.5.35]:60166) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RrJOx-0003hi-II for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:17:52 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by posti8.jyu.fi (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id q0T1Hj7a032742 for ; Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:17:45 +0200 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at cc.jyu.fi Received: from posti8.jyu.fi ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (posti8.jyu.fi [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 4Gwkqca0+uo9 for ; Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:17:42 +0200 (EET) Received: from sam.localdomain (easy-ff09c200-10.dhcp.inet.fi [88.194.9.10]) (authenticated bits=0) by posti8.jyu.fi (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id q0T1Hfjg032737 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:17:42 +0200 Message-ID: <4F249E34.8080604@jyu.fi> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:17:40 +0200 From: Tero Nieminen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:9.0) Gecko/20111222 Thunderbird/9.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Subject: chown verbose option (-v) reports incorrect retained owner:group Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.17 X-Spam-Score: -4.2 (----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:27:59 -0500 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -4.2 (----) I just noticed that when I use chown like this: chown -hRv --from=500:500 1000:1000 nnn (as root) it prints incorrect information on retained owner:group, like this: ownership of `nnn/lost+found' retained as 1000:1000 Ie. instead of printing the actual retained owner and group (in this case root:root) it seems to incorrectly print the owner:group I was trying to change to. Is this maybe a bug in Gnu-coreutils/chown or just in the particular version (8.12) shipped with Fedora 16 (coreutils-8.12-2.fc16.x86_64)? I could Only found a single non-bug for chown in debbugs.gnu.org (maybe I just don't know how to search ;). If this is fixed or nonexistent in GNU-coreutils, I'll file the bug to Fedora. -- Tero Nieminen ttn@jyu.fi ------------=_1327831982-26046-1-- From unknown Fri Aug 15 19:27:40 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#10636: chown verbose option (-v) reports incorrect retained owner:group Resent-From: Jim Meyering Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:51:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 10636 X-GNU-PR-Package: coreutils X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: 10636@debbugs.gnu.org Received: via spool by 10636-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B10636.132783420132195 (code B ref 10636); Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:51:01 +0000 Received: (at 10636) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 Jan 2012 10:50:01 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43012 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RrSKf-0008N9-4t for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 29 Jan 2012 05:50:01 -0500 Received: from mx.meyering.net ([88.168.87.75]:44896) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RrSKd-0008Mu-Qc for 10636@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 29 Jan 2012 05:50:00 -0500 Received: from rho.meyering.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by rho.meyering.net (Acme Bit-Twister) with ESMTP id D54116009B for <10636@debbugs.gnu.org>; Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:49:55 +0100 (CET) From: Jim Meyering In-Reply-To: <87lioqu89x.fsf@rho.meyering.net> (Jim Meyering's message of "Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:12:42 +0100") References: <4F249E34.8080604@jyu.fi> <87wr8au90n.fsf@rho.meyering.net> <87lioqu89x.fsf@rho.meyering.net> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:49:55 +0100 Message-ID: <871uqiu6jw.fsf@rho.meyering.net> Lines: 16 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) Jim Meyering wrote: > tags 10636 notabug > thanks > > ... >> Thank you for noticing and reporting that bug. >> You guessed it. It is specific to Fedora's version of chown. >> I.e., when I try to reproduce it with the chown from stock >> coreutils-8.15, it works as expected. > > Oh, and since it's not an upstream bug, I'm marking it as such > and closing its ticket. Finally, this was fixed by upstream commit v8.12-59-g6b282e7: http://git.sv.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=6b282e7510ca8d From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sun Jan 29 06:11:02 2012 Received: (at control) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 Jan 2012 11:11:02 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43037 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RrSez-0000Q7-Jx for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 29 Jan 2012 06:11:02 -0500 Received: from mx.meyering.net ([88.168.87.75]:44947) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RrSey-0000Pp-7h for control@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 29 Jan 2012 06:11:00 -0500 Received: from rho.meyering.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by rho.meyering.net (Acme Bit-Twister) with ESMTP id 9FDA16019D for ; Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:10:55 +0100 (CET) From: Jim Meyering To: control@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: notabug Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:10:55 +0100 Message-ID: <87obtmsr0g.fsf@rho.meyering.net> Lines: 2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: control X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) tags 10636 notabug thanks