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chmod: Changing permission fails with error Operation not permitted

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • NFSv3

Issue

A unix user that belongs to the unix ownergroup with RW permission fails to execute the chmod command. It returns Operation not permitted
 
Example:
 
Client:
[root@user11: ~]# cat /etc/passwd
user1:x:2004:300::/user1:/bin/bash
 
[root@user11: ~]# cat /etc/group
group1:x:300:
 
[root@user11: ~]# ls -l
-rw-rw-r--. 1 2013 group1  12108 Dec 31 10:11 000100000000
 
[user1@Migration /]$ chmod 664 /path/1101/000100000000
chmod: changing permissions of '/path/1101/000100000000': Operation not permitted
 
Storage:
IDC_NAS::*> unix-user show
svm01_idc      user1             2004   300

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