On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 02:23:48AM +0100, Xavier HUMBERT wrote:
> In message <20020304162657.Z29114@goldberry.poofy.goof.com>,
> Aaron J. Grier wrote:
> 
> >mtree performs chown and chmod operations.  you can't chown if you
> >aren't root.
> 
> You can sudo it.

but if you sudo, then you become root, and the test for rootness
succeeds and everything works as designed.

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  Aaron J. Grier | "Not your ordinary poofy goof." | agrier@poofygoof.com
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