GNU bug report logs - #9002
file-error Doing chown operation not permitted

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: jidanni <at> jidanni.org

Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 13:06:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: jidanni <at> jidanni.org
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: file-error Doing chown operation not permitted
Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2011 20:55:51 +0800

R runs the command dired-do-rename.

Try this:

Have two directories, both owned by you, but on separate disks.

Try to move a file that is NOT owned by you from one to the other.

Move `/cf/updates/df.j3d' to `/home/jidanni/df.j3d' failed:
(file-error Doing chown operation not permitted /home/jidanni/df.j3d)

That is because emacs is not using the mv(1) command like it should, but
instead resorting to a different error prone half home baked method or
something.

Tested on Debian.

P.S.,
file-error: Doing chown #looks better than
file-error Doing chown
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