I just tried that on our Linux server that's running Oracle Enterprise Linux 5 and it appears to be true. [oracle@dbalab2 ~]$ uname -a Linux dbalab2 2.6.9-42.0.0.0.1.ELsmp #1 SMP Sun Oct 15 14:02:40 PDT 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux [oracle@dbalab2 ~]$ ls -al sqlnet.log -rw-r--r-- 1 oracle dba 0 May 6 10:45 sqlnet.log [oracle@dbalab2 ~]$ chown rgoulet sqlnet.log chown: changing ownership of `sqlnet.log': Operation not permitted ______________________________________________________________ Dick Goulet / Capgemini North America P&C / East Business Unit Senior Oracle DBA / Hosting Office: 508.573.1978 / Mobile: 508.742.5795 / www.capgemini.com Fax: 508.229.2019 / Email: richard.goulet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 45 Bartlett St. / Marlborough, MA 01752 Together: the Collaborative Business Experience ______________________________________________________________ ________________________________ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Howard Latham Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 10:26 AM To: Tom.Terrian.ctr@xxxxxxx Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: RedHat Question No! On 06/05/2008, Terrian, Thomas J Mr CTR DLA J6DIB <Tom.Terrian.ctr@xxxxxxx> wrote: On HPUX non-root users can chown on files. It appears on RedHat 5 this is not allowed. The sysadmins are saying that there is no way to grant users this ability with Linux. Is that true? -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- Howard A. Latham This message contains information that may be privileged or confidential and is the property of the Capgemini Group. It is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, you are not authorized to read, print, retain, copy, disseminate, distribute, or use this message or any part thereof. If you receive this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete all copies of this message.