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    • https://kb.netapp.com/on-prem/ontap/da/NAS/NAS-KBs/How_to_configure_non-root_users_to_change_ownership_of_files_using_NFS_in_ONTAP
      Applies to The owner of a file is able to change permission and delete files that they create, however, the owner is unable to change ownership to another user Non-root users are unable to change owne...Applies to The owner of a file is able to change permission and delete files that they create, however, the owner is unable to change ownership to another user Non-root users are unable to change ownership of files if the chown-mode option to restricted Node Index Filter Details Reason --------------- ----- -------------------------- ------------------------------ node-01 1 Security Style: UNIX Access is denied. The owner permissions can be changed only by root while setting attributes.
    • https://kb.netapp.com/on-prem/ontap/da/NAS/NAS-KBs/Permission_denied_for_root_via_NFS_to_UNIX_vol_when_using_chown_or_chmod
      Security Style UNIX Commands chown or chmod fail as root user on an NFS export of a volume or qtree with UNIX security style: permission denied Volume or qtree security style, or effective security st...Security Style UNIX Commands chown or chmod fail as root user on an NFS export of a volume or qtree with UNIX security style: permission denied Volume or qtree security style, or effective security style, is UNIX. Note: This is not applicable to NTFS security style. Failing to change permissions or ownership is expected for unix users accessing ntfs security style volumes The vserver export-policy rule show output displays superuser policy type is set to none.
    • https://kb.netapp.com/on-prem/ontap/da/NAS/NAS-KBs/How_to_change_ownership_on_a_UNIX_or_UNIX-like_host_with_CHOWN
      In UNIX and UNIX-like operating systems, chown is the command used to change the owner of file system objects known as modes.
    • https://kb.netapp.com/on-prem/ontap/da/NAS/NAS-KBs/Changing_ownership_with_CHOWN_fails_because_the_user_is_not_owner_and_the_change_ownership_mode_is_restricted
      Applies to ONTAP 9 CHOWN Issue User is unable to change ownership of a file or directory, “Operation not permitted” error occurs
    • https://kb.netapp.com/on-prem/ontap/da/NAS/NAS-KBs/How_to_troubleshoot_ownership_update_failure_with_chown_command
      Applies to ONTAP 9 CHOWN Description This article explains a troubleshooting workflow when CHOWN command against a file or directory does not succeed