--- install.c.orig	Thu Oct 25 13:15:02 2001
+++ install.c	Thu Oct 25 13:19:37 2001
@@ -465,15 +465,21 @@
      want to know.  But AFS returns EPERM when you try to change a
      file's group; thus the kludge.  */
 
-  if (chown (path, owner_id, group_id)
+  /* If we're not changing the owner or group, don't do chown at all.
+   * The chown operation doesn't seem to be permitted on smbfs. */
+
+  if ((owner_id != (uid_t) -1) || (group_id != (gid_t) -1)) 
+  {
+    if (chown (path, owner_id, group_id)
 #ifdef AFS
-      && errno != EPERM
+        && errno != EPERM
 #endif
-      )
+       )
     {
       error (0, errno, "cannot change ownership of %s", quote (path));
       err = 1;
     }
+  }
 
   if (!err && chmod (path, mode))
     {