Here is what happens:$ chmod 600 foobar.txt$ ls -ltotal 1-rwx------ 0 sampablokuper sampablokuper 13 Feb 19 21:00 foobar.txtWhy is the last line not reading as follows?-rw------- 0 sampablokuper sampablokuper 13 Feb 19 21:00 foobar.txtN.B. This is occurring on a server of which I am not the sysadmin. The server is running Linux kernel 3.8.0-33-generic under the following OS:$ cat /etc/*-releaseDISTRIB_ID=UbuntuDISTRIB_RELEASE=12.04DISTRIB_CODENAME=preciseDISTRIB_DESCRIPTION=Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTSMCS Linux 2013/2014 (x86_64)VERSION = 2013NAME=UbuntuVERSION=12.04.3 LTS, Precise PangolinID=ubuntuID_LIKE=debianPRETTY_NAME=Ubuntu precise (12.04.3 LTS)VERSION_ID=12.04
chmod 600 fails silently
linux;ubuntu;permissions;chmod