I launch dired over Tramp (from Win machine to Linux server):
C-x d /plink:user@server|su:root@server:/path-to-folder-controlled-by-root/
Then I type "O" to chown a folder, but I get chown not supported on this system
.
Debugging, I can see the error stems from the definition of dired-of-chgrp, which makes the following verification :
(if (memq system-type '(ms-dos windows-nt))
(error "chgrp not supported on this system"))
which obviously fails, because my machine is Windows — but I'm not chowning on Windows. Removing these two lines allows me to use the function normally. I have the same issue with chgroup.
Does this mean my setup is incorrect, or is this a limitation? What would be a clean way to correct this? Just removing these two lines seems like a dirty hack.
M-x report-emacs-bug