[Gllug] strange cp error

[salsaman at xs4all.nl]

On Wed, June 6, 2007 09:43, t.clarke wrote:
> I believe cp tries to replicate the files permission bits in the copy as
> well as duplicaing the ownership/group.
> Does the target directory permissions/ownership in some way prevent this
> from
> being done ??
>
>
> Tim
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No, I am doing this as root. I get the same error even if the target
doesn`t exist, and also with -f.

But I just read something about Mandriva turning on xattr (extended
attributes) by default.

See:
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.os.linux.mandriva/browse_thread/thread/490cf85b3212be09/6aa1d3ffb3963208?lnk=raot



Gabriel.


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