Root unable to change ownership and modify permissions

[Basil Chupin]

On 21/04/10 01:26, Nils Kassube wrote:
> Basil Chupin wrote:
>    
>> On 20/04/10 15:06, I Am Me wrote:
>>      
>>> root at thishost:~# chown -R iamme /media/Andrew/Protected/Projects/
>>>        
>    
>>> root at thishost:~# chmod 755 /media/Andrew/Protected/Projects/
>>>        
>    
>> Am I missing something here (and everywhere for that matter) but
>>   aren't the commands for chown and chmod should read:
>>
>> chown -R<login-name/owner-name>.<group-name>
>>   <directory-path-and-name>  <<<==Note the 'period'!
>>      
> You _can_ use that form of the command but the originally used command
> works as well. It just doesn't change the group but only the user. And
> BTW, the period is obsolete, nowadays we use a colon (see man chown).
>    
>
Thanks for this. Been using this command(s) for years since I saw them 
in a Linux reference book. "If it isn't broken don't change it" - but I 
may replace the '.' with ':' :-) .

BC

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