zfs discuss - Jul 2008 - Can''t change owner of directories?

Why can''t I do this in a ZFS directory?
(I was able to set the group with no problems.)

# chown auser *
chown: DIR1: cannot change owner [Invalid argument]
chown: DIR2: cannot change owner [Invalid argument]


Debugging info:


# id -a
uid=0(root) gid=0(root) 
groups=0(root),1(other),2(bin),3(sys),4(adm),5(uucp),6(mail),7(tty),8(lp),9(nuucp),12(daemon)
# chown auser *
chown: DIR1: cannot change owner [Invalid argument]
chown: DIR2: cannot change owner [Invalid argument]
# ls -l
total 12
drwxrwsr-x   6 root     DEF        6 Jul 17 22:11 DIR1
drwxrwsr-x   6 root     DEF        6 Jul 18 14:50 DIR2
# getent passwd auser
auser:$1$AQj0kPBz$3fadxJQ3CZBjxQ0.wS2.:1234:1001:A. 
User:/home/auser:/bin/bash
# su auser
bash-3.2$ id -a
uid=2360(auser) gid=1001(ABC) groups=1001(ABC),100(DEF),200(XYZ)
bash-3.2$ exit
#


Would Any other info be helpful?

   -Kyle

Kyle McDonald wrote:
> Why can''t I do this in a ZFS directory?
> (I was able to set the group with no problems.)
> 
> # chown auser *
> chown: DIR1: cannot change owner [Invalid argument]
> chown: DIR2: cannot change owner [Invalid argument]
Which release of OpenSolaris ?

Are you using /usr/bin/chown or /usr/gnu/bin/chown ?

truss output of the failing chown would be helpful too.

Is it just for that user or any user ?

-- 
Darren J Moffat