7 Aug
2003
7 Aug
'03
6:08 a.m.
On Thu, 7 Aug 2003, Kapil Karekar wrote:
Jokes apart... If we use dots in our usernames then how will we execute the command "chown username.groupname filename" ??
One uses a colon between the username and groupname for chown:
from man chown:
SYNOPSIS chown [OPTION]... OWNER[:[GROUP]] FILE... chown [OPTION]... :GROUP FILE...
Colons are not allowed in usernames - they are used as the field delimiter in /etc/passwd
Philip
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