From unknown Tue Jun 17 22:27:57 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#9788: chown gets permission denied Resent-From: Richard Woolley Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 23:23:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: report 9788 X-GNU-PR-Package: coreutils X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: 9788@debbugs.gnu.org Cc: Richard Woolley X-Debbugs-Original-To: "bug-coreutils@gnu.org" Received: via spool by submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B.131898016813760 (code B ref -1); Tue, 18 Oct 2011 23:23:01 +0000 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 18 Oct 2011 23:22:48 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RGIzf-0003Zs-LN for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:22:48 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RGImM-0003Gj-36 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:09:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RGIlI-0008Nb-NR for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:07:57 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,HTML_MESSAGE, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.1 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]:59291) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RGIlI-0008NW-Gu for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:07:56 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:58651) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RGIlH-0002yd-2Z for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:07:56 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RGIlF-0008NM-Tw for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:07:55 -0400 Received: from na3sys009aog101.obsmtp.com ([74.125.149.67]:39669) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RGIlF-0008NG-JK for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:07:53 -0400 Received: from SC-OWA01.marvell.com ([65.219.4.129]) (using TLSv1) by na3sys009aob101.postini.com ([74.125.148.12]) with SMTP; Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:07:53 PDT Received: from SC-vEXCH3.marvell.com ([10.93.76.133]) by SC-OWA01.marvell.com ([10.93.76.21]) with mapi; Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:07:49 -0700 From: Richard Woolley Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:07:47 -0700 Thread-Topic: chown gets permission denied Thread-Index: AcyN6sBdPRKhsibrTEqxl3NzUC0QhA== Message-ID: <83185AA24C678642A07282B8BB1340B613DCA70B9B@sc-vexch3.marvell.com> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: acceptlanguage: en-US Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_000_83185AA24C678642A07282B8BB1340B613DCA70B9Bscvexch3marve_" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.17 X-Spam-Score: -6.6 (------) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:22:46 -0400 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 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: -6.6 (------) --_000_83185AA24C678642A07282B8BB1340B613DCA70B9Bscvexch3marve_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable When trying to change ownership of the files in a directory, I mistakenly h= ad the settings wrong in the command, so I got the following ls -l total 16 drw-rw-r-- 4 user proj1 4096 Sep 28 14:23 doc/ drw-rw-r-- 24 user proj1 4096 Sep 28 14:27 modules/ drw-rw-r-- 3 user proj1 4096 Sep 28 14:23 project/ ls -l project total 0 ?--------- ? ? ? ? ? compile.conf ?--------- ? ? ? ? ? myproject.conf ?--------- ? ? ? ? ? novas_fli.so Same for the other directories' contents. When I try to chown -R or chgrp -R or rm -rf for project/ I get permission= denied. How can I use chown to set something valid (e.g., user proj1) so = I can get rid of these directories/files?? Thanks. Richard --_000_83185AA24C678642A07282B8BB1340B613DCA70B9Bscvexch3marve_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
When tryi= ng to=20 change ownership of the files in a directory, I mistakenly had the settings= =20 wrong in the command, so I got the following
ls -l
= total=20 16
drw-rw-r--  4  user proj1 4096 Sep 28 14:23 doc/
drw-rw-= r--=20 24 user proj1 4096 Sep 28 14:27 modules/
drw-rw-r--  3 user pr= oj1=20 4096 Sep 28 14:23 project/
ls -l=20 project
total 0
?--------- ? ? ?=20 ?            ?=20 compile.conf
?--------- ? ? ?=20 ?            ?=20 myproject.conf
?--------- ? ? ?=20 ?            ?=20 novas_fli.so
 
Same for = the other=20 directories' contents.
When I tr= y to chown=20 -R or chgrp -R or rm -rf for project/  I get permission= =20 denied.  How can I use chown to set something valid (e.g., user=20 proj1) so I can get rid of these directories/files??
 
Thanks.
Richard
 
 
--_000_83185AA24C678642A07282B8BB1340B613DCA70B9Bscvexch3marve_-- From unknown Tue Jun 17 22:27:57 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#9788: chown gets permission denied References: <83185AA24C678642A07282B8BB1340B613DCA70B9B@sc-vexch3.marvell.com> Resent-From: "Alan Curry" Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 23:38:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 9788 X-GNU-PR-Package: coreutils X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: rwoolley@marvell.com (Richard Woolley) Cc: 9788@debbugs.gnu.org Received: via spool by 9788-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B9788.131898107715092 (code B ref 9788); Tue, 18 Oct 2011 23:38:01 +0000 Received: (at 9788) by debbugs.gnu.org; 18 Oct 2011 23:37:57 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RGJEK-0003vN-Q8 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:37:56 -0400 Received: from c-67-162-90-113.hsd1.in.comcast.net ([67.162.90.113] helo=kosh.dhis.org ident=qmailr) by debbugs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RGJEI-0003vD-7u for 9788@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:37:54 -0400 Received: (qmail 17790 invoked by uid 1000); 18 Oct 2011 23:36:53 -0000 Message-ID: <20111018233653.17789.qmail@kosh.dhis.org> From: "Alan Curry" Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 18:36:53 -0500 (GMT+5) In-Reply-To: <83185AA24C678642A07282B8BB1340B613DCA70B9B@sc-vexch3.marvell.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -0.8 (/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 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: -0.8 (/) Richard Woolley writes: > > When trying to change ownership of the files in a directory, I mistakenly h= > ad the settings wrong in the command, so I got the following > ls -l > total 16 > drw-rw-r-- 4 user proj1 4096 Sep 28 14:23 doc/ > drw-rw-r-- 24 user proj1 4096 Sep 28 14:27 modules/ > drw-rw-r-- 3 user proj1 4096 Sep 28 14:23 project/ Your first problem is that you've got some directories here with read permission but no x permission. In that situation, this happens: > ls -l project > total 0 > ?--------- ? ? ? ? ? compile.conf > ?--------- ? ? ? ? ? myproject.conf > ?--------- ? ? ? ? ? novas_fli.so ls can read the directory, getting the filenames, but the lack of x permission prevents it from getting any other information. First chmod u+x doc modules project, then see what you get from ls -l on them. -- Alan Curry From unknown Tue Jun 17 22:27:57 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#9788: chown gets permission denied Resent-From: Richard Woolley Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:01:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 9788 X-GNU-PR-Package: coreutils X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: Alan Curry Cc: "9788@debbugs.gnu.org" <9788@debbugs.gnu.org> Received: via spool by 9788-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B9788.131898242016967 (code B ref 9788); Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:01:02 +0000 Received: (at 9788) by debbugs.gnu.org; 19 Oct 2011 00:00:20 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RGJZz-0004Pc-KQ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:00:20 -0400 Received: from na3sys009aog113.obsmtp.com ([74.125.149.209]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RGJZw-0004PS-Ac for 9788@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:00:17 -0400 Received: from sc-owa02.marvell.com ([65.219.4.130]) (using TLSv1) by na3sys009aob113.postini.com ([74.125.148.12]) with SMTP; Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:59:16 PDT Received: from SC-vEXCH3.marvell.com ([10.93.76.133]) by sc-owa02.marvell.com ([10.93.76.22]) with mapi; Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:59:05 -0700 From: Richard Woolley Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:59:04 -0700 Thread-Topic: bug#9788: chown gets permission denied Thread-Index: AcyN7tJoJ8gix54dSE+onGJNUfCoVAAAvplA Message-ID: <83185AA24C678642A07282B8BB1340B613DCA70BC7@sc-vexch3.marvell.com> References: <83185AA24C678642A07282B8BB1340B613DCA70B9B@sc-vexch3.marvell.com> <20111018233653.17789.qmail@kosh.dhis.org> In-Reply-To: <20111018233653.17789.qmail@kosh.dhis.org> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: acceptlanguage: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Spam-Score: -6.6 (------) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 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: -6.6 (------) Hi Alan, Thank you! I'd never seen the ?'s before so was stumped. Richard=20 -----Original Message----- From: Alan Curry [mailto:pacman-cu@kosh.dhis.org]=20 Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 4:37 PM To: Richard Woolley Cc: 9788@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: Re: bug#9788: chown gets permission denied Richard Woolley writes: >=20 > When trying to change ownership of the files in a directory, I=20 > mistakenly h=3D ad the settings wrong in the command, so I got the=20 > following ls -l total 16 > drw-rw-r-- 4 user proj1 4096 Sep 28 14:23 doc/ > drw-rw-r-- 24 user proj1 4096 Sep 28 14:27 modules/ > drw-rw-r-- 3 user proj1 4096 Sep 28 14:23 project/ Your first problem is that you've got some directories here with read permi= ssion but no x permission. In that situation, this happens: > ls -l project > total 0 > ?--------- ? ? ? ? ? compile.conf > ?--------- ? ? ? ? ? myproject.conf > ?--------- ? ? ? ? ? novas_fli.so ls can read the directory, getting the filenames, but the lack of x permiss= ion prevents it from getting any other information. First chmod u+x doc modules project, then see what you get from ls -l on th= em. -- Alan Curry From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Oct 18 20:35:24 2011 Received: (at control) by debbugs.gnu.org; 19 Oct 2011 00:35:24 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RGK7v-0005D9-9M for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:35:24 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RGK7s-0005Cv-J5 for control@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:35:21 -0400 Received: from int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.12]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p9J0YE0w001874 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:34:14 -0400 Received: from [10.3.113.122] (ovpn-113-122.phx2.redhat.com [10.3.113.122]) by int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p9J0YCbZ018658 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:34:14 -0400 Message-ID: <4E9E1AC9.7030604@draigBrady.com> Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 01:33:13 +0100 From: =?UTF-8?B?UMOhZHJhaWcgQnJhZHk=?= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:6.0) Gecko/20110816 Thunderbird/6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: control@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: closing 9788 X-Enigmail-Version: 1.3.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.67 on 10.5.11.12 X-Spam-Score: -10.6 (----------) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: control X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 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: -10.6 (----------) package coreutils close 9788 tags 9788 notabug