Can't chown 0 (root) in Cygwin

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This command:



rm -f testfile && touch testfile && chown 0 testfile


is failing in Cygwin with error:



chown: changing ownership of 'testfile': Invalid argument



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root cygwin chown







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  • Because of ntfs filesystem.
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This command:



rm -f testfile && touch testfile && chown 0 testfile


is failing in Cygwin with error:



chown: changing ownership of 'testfile': Invalid argument



Why?






root cygwin chown







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  • Because of ntfs filesystem.
    – Ipor Sircer
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This command:



rm -f testfile && touch testfile && chown 0 testfile


is failing in Cygwin with error:



chown: changing ownership of 'testfile': Invalid argument



Why?






root cygwin chown







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This command:



rm -f testfile && touch testfile && chown 0 testfile


is failing in Cygwin with error:



chown: changing ownership of 'testfile': Invalid argument



Why?






root cygwin chown




root cygwin chown






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  • Because of ntfs filesystem.
    – Ipor Sircer
    26 mins ago
















  • Because of ntfs filesystem.
    – Ipor Sircer
    26 mins ago















Because of ntfs filesystem.
– Ipor Sircer
26 mins ago




Because of ntfs filesystem.
– Ipor Sircer
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You cannot chown with root (0) account simply because there is no such thing in Cygwin.






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  • OK. I think I'll just have to accept this. Literally and figuratively.
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You cannot chown with root (0) account simply because there is no such thing in Cygwin.






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You cannot chown with root (0) account simply because there is no such thing in Cygwin.






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