diff --git a/src/rm/RequestManagerChown.cc b/src/rm/RequestManagerChown.cc
index 6bd2e48194..2958804474 100644
--- a/src/rm/RequestManagerChown.cc
+++ b/src/rm/RequestManagerChown.cc
@@ -485,8 +485,8 @@ void UserChown::request_execute(xmlrpc_c::paramList const& paramList,
     {
         AuthRequest ar(att.uid, att.group_ids);
 
-        ar.add_auth(auth_op, uperms);             // MANAGE USER
-        ar.add_auth(AuthRequest::MANAGE, ngperms);// MANAGE GROUP
+        ar.add_auth(auth_op, uperms);           // MANAGE USER
+        ar.add_auth(AuthRequest::USE, ngperms); // USE GROUP
 
         if (UserPool::authorize(ar) == -1)
         {