GNU bug report logs - #15945
chown: accept "[NUMERIC-ID]:" syntax

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Tormen <quickhelp <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 15:18:03 UTC

Severity: wishlist

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Message #52 received at 15945 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>
Cc: Tormen <quickhelp <at> gmail.com>, 15945 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#15945: chown: Does now allow setting user and users login
 group with numerical user ID
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 18:45:06 +0100

Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com> writes:

> so it looks like we have a bug that if OWNER is numeric, we aren't
> looking up OWNER's login group.

There may not be a unique uid to user name mapping.

Andreas.

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