I have the following file for which i am the owner .
-rw-r----- 1 hhebburs users 40 Oct 9 15:43 failed_xls
but chown is not working .
/home/hhebburs>chown mwoods failed_xls
chown: failed_xls: Not owner
What am i doing wrong ?
I understand now that i cant give away files . Now my problem is I have a whole bunch of files with write permissions on them and i am not the root .
Now i can zip the files but the minute i zip the files i become the owner . . After Zipping i still want the owner to be the one who created the file. and not me . Any way that is feasible ?
Now i can zip the files but the minute i zip the files i become the owner . . After Zipping i still want the owner to be the one who created the file. and not me . Any way that is feasible ?
– hemanth Oct 14 '15 at 23:24