chmod broken?

From: Bill Rees (breeze_at_smsonline.com)
Date: 06/30/05

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    Hi all,
        I am getting chmod permission problems on files that are members of
    one group but owned by another person. Whoever owns the file can chmod
    the file but if you're just a member of the group you get the permission
    denied messages. I see this behavior on FC3 and FC4. I have disabled
    selinux, removed the password 'x' from the group file and have the
    following line in /etc/group:

           cvsuser::500:davs2rt,randall,rgallagher,maxb,breeze

        So if a file is owned by cvsuser and the group id is cvsuser, then
    none of the other members of the group can chmod the file. Oddly the
    members can remove the file, rename the file, copy over the file, write
    to the file (assuming permissions) but not chmod it. Cvs won't anyone
    login and I'm assuming the problem is the chmod problem.

        The id command for the user breeze is:
               uid=507(breeze) gid=507(breeze)
    groups=100(users),105(cvs),500(cvsuser),507(breeze)

        The password entries for cvsuser and breeze are:
               cvsuser:x:500:500::/home/cvsuser:/bin/bash
               breeze:x:507:507::/home/breeze:/bin/bash

        So what am I missing? What else should I try?

    bill rees 

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