[svlug] obvious error I'm missing

[Christian Einfeldt]

hi

I am probably missing some kind of obvious error.  I am trying to chown on a
directory called capturedDV which resides on an external hard drive (ehd).
I tried

$ sudo chown cje.cje capturedDV

while logged into the dir in which capturedDV resides, but received this
error message:

chown: changing ownership of 'capturedDV/': Operation not permitted.

I must have made some really obvious error that I am just not seeing.  I am
using Hardy 32 bit.  Thanks in advance for any help.

-- 
Christian Einfeldt,
Producer, The Digital Tipping Point
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