MPE/iX Shell and Utilities Reference Manual, Vol 1

chown(1) MPE/iX Shell and Utilities chown(1)
Messages
Message: fatal error during "–R" option
Cause: You specified the –R option but some file or directory in the directory structure
was inaccessible.
Action: Check all files in the directory structure to make sure that you have access to
them.
Message: file "filename": system error
Cause: See syserror(3).
Action: See syserror(3).
Message: group "group" is unknown
Cause: You specified a group name that chown was unable to find in the group data-
base.
Action: Specify a valid group name or use a valid numeric group
ID.
Message: read directory "pathname": system error
Cause: See syserror(3).
Action: See syserror(3).
Message: stat file "filename": system error
Cause: See syserror(3).
Action: See syserror(3).
Message: Unknown option "–option"
Cause: You specified an option that is not valid for chown.
Action: Check the Options section of this man page for a list of valid options.
Message: user "user" is unknown
Cause: You specified a user name that chown was unable to find in the user database.
Action: Specify a valid group name or use a valid numeric group
ID.
PORTABILITY
POSIX.2. x/OPEN Portability Guide 4.0. All UNIX systems.
The –f option is an extension to the POSIX standard.
MPE/iX NOTES
The current MPE/iX implementation of chown does not allow you to modify the ownership of
the root directory, account directories, and group directories.
On MPE/iX, chown is available as both a built-in shell utility and an external utility.
For more information on how the current MPE/iX implementation may affect the operation of
this utility, see Appendix A, MPE/iX Implementation Considerations.
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