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CppLearner
Asked: 2012-04-04 04:46:21 +0800 CST

changing permissions of `nyccrash.txt': Operation not permitted

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I have an assignment to write PHP code, and upload the data to our school student's account. To make sure my script is working, I need to change the permissions on the files.

I am not a root because I am a student. How can I fix that problem?

chown: changing permissions of `nyccrash.txt': Operation not permitted

Those files has permission labeled as apache

The owner and user are apache, according to ls -ls

Thanks.

server permissions files chown

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    You should not be able to fix this yourself and need help from the admin.

    Renaming or copying the file should not be possible since your username is more than likely to be part of others (and not part of user or group).

    Either your user has to be in the same group as the apache user or you need more permissions on only that file or you need to be a sudoer.

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