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From: Andre Albsmeier <Andre.Albsmeier@mchp.siemens.de>
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Subject: Why is "chown -h -R" forbidden?
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Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 08:33:38 +0200 (CEST)
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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