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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Message #8 received at 9002 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 9002 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#9002: file-error Doing chown operation not permitted
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 17:27:50 -0400

jidanni <at> jidanni.org wrote:

> 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)

Emacs 23.3 does not give this error, but the trunk does. This seems to
be a result of the changes in

http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=8306
This bug report was last modified 13 years and 315 days ago.

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