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- From: maj@cl.cam.ac.uk (Martyn Johnson)
- Subject: Re: ultrix 4.2: chgrp/chown problems on an NFS client
- Message-ID: <1992Dec17.092552.11603@infodev.cam.ac.uk>
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- Organization: U of Cambridge Computer Lab, UK
- References: <1992Dec16.160418.1@qucdnee.ee.queensu.ca>
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 09:25:52 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec16.160418.1@qucdnee.ee.queensu.ca>, rick@qucdnee.ee.queensu.ca writes:
- ...
- |> we've discovered what appears to be an anomaly with the use of chgrp
- |> and/or chown to change the group on a file. this appears to work fine on
- |> a locally-attached disk, but not an NFS client.
-
- I reported the anomalous behaviour of chgrp to the local CSC some time ago.
- Whilst they were reluctant to admit that the behaviour contradicts that
- documented in the manpages, they did agree that it didn't seem quite
- right. It helped a bit when I pointed out that it all worked as expected
- in SunOS.
-
- I was told that it would be passed on to Ultrix Engineering as an SPR.
-
- I would encourage the original poster (and anybody else concerned about it)
- to report the bug via official channels. The more people report it, the more
- seriously they are likely to take it.
- --
- Martyn Johnson maj@cl.cam.ac.uk
- University of Cambridge Computer Lab
- Cambridge UK
-