This is with 2.1.36, fairly generic RedHat 4.1, fileutils 3.13-3, libc
5.4.25:
[root@wdcn0b dcn0]# chown -R dcn0.dcn0 .
chown: .: Operation not permitted
[root@wdcn0b dcn0]# df .
Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Available Capacity Mounted on
/dev/sda1 50557 28137 19809 59% /
[root@wdcn0b dcn0]# ls -altr
total 2
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 May 2 12:43 .
drwxrwxr-x 6 root root 1024 May 2 12:43 ..
[root@wdcn0b dcn0]# chown dcn0 .
[root@wdcn0b dcn0]# chgrp dcn0 .
chgrp: you are not a member of group `dcn0': Operation not permitted
[root@wdcn0b dcn0]# newgrp dcn0
[root@wdcn0b dcn0]# chgrp dcn0 .
[root@wdcn0b dcn0]#
David
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