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Date:      Tue, 21 Oct 1997 08:33:38 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Andre Albsmeier <Andre.Albsmeier@mchp.siemens.de>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Why is "chown -h -R" forbidden?
Message-ID:  <199710210633.IAA17716@curry.mchp.siemens.de>

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When trying to run

chown -h -R user.group file ...

I get the message

chown: the -R and -h options may not be specified together

Why is this so? I want to pass a whole file hierarchy over
to a user; including the symlinks (not what they point at).

In IRIX 5.3 it's possible for example. Even HP-Sucks can
deal with it.

	-Andre



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