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Michael Mrozek
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Is Does the chown command is reserved torequire root?

I'm user1 and I created the user.file file, so I'm the owner of this file. I would like to change the owner of this file with the "chown"chown command as examplefollows:

$ chown user2 test.file chown: changing ownership of 'test.file': Operation not permitted

If I'm logged in as root login the command work perfectly. Could you explainWhy can't I change the ownership when logged in as the file owner? Thanks

Is chown command is reserved to root?

I'm user1 and I created the user.file file so I'm the owner of this file. I would like to change the owner of this file with the "chown" command as example:

chown user2 test.file chown: changing ownership of 'test.file': Operation not permitted

If I'm root login the command work perfectly. Could you explain? Thanks

Does the chown command require root?

I'm user1 and I created the user.file file, so I'm the owner of this file. I would like to change the owner of this file with the chown command as follows:

$ chown user2 test.file chown: changing ownership of 'test.file': Operation not permitted

If I'm logged in as root the command work perfectly. Why can't I change the ownership when logged in as the file owner?

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dubis
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Is chown command is reserved to root?

I'm user1 and I created the user.file file so I'm the owner of this file. I would like to change the owner of this file with the "chown" command as example:

chown user2 test.file chown: changing ownership of 'test.file': Operation not permitted

If I'm root login the command work perfectly. Could you explain? Thanks