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Linux: Can't change file permissions being in the same group as the file
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So I have a file: I am in web group: But I can't change the permissions: More background: This is for a deployment script. Many users can run it with their own user and they all need to be able to do stuff like adding write permissions to log file. I thought assigning the file to a group and then a…
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-rw-rw-rw- 1 joe web 35046982 Nov 4 16:54 app.log
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Fix for: Linux: Can't change file permissions being in the same group as the file
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Only privileged users (root) can chown a file. At most, if you're the owner of the file you can change its group with chgrp. From the chown man page Only the root user can change the owner of a file. You can change the group of a file only if you ar…
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