Re: chown invalid argument (was: Re: AW: Still Only Cleartext)


Subject: Re: chown invalid argument (was: Re: AW: Still Only Cleartext)
From: Axel Bringenberg (A.Bringenberg@srz-berlin.de)
Date: Thu Mar 01 2001 - 05:06:32 EST


Axel Bringenberg schrieb:
>
> Marc Miller schrieb:
> >
> > Is it always the same uid (16777216)? Does that uid correspond to anyone
> > registered on your system? I have seen chown #/-1 and chown -1/# errors,
> > but not with that UID.
>
> Yes, in case of "[...]: invald argument" it is always uid 16777216 and
> in case of "[...]: Operation not permitted" it's always gid 0.

Oh, and no: This uid does correspond not to anyone registered on my
system. As I described in my little test results, I'm the only "normal"
user. Highest uid/gid is 500.

Axel.



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