Date: 06 Jul 1996 09:36:17 -0500 From: Zach Heilig <zach@blizzard.gaffaneys.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: What's up with ownership? Message-ID: <87n31da1pa.fsf@freebsd.gaffaneys.com>
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Is there any reason why files I create in /tmp (group owned by bin) are also group owned by bin? I only ask because I get the annoying message: $ mv /tmp/somefile ~ mv: ./somefile: set owner/group: Operation not permitted It seems like a security risk to be able to create a file in a random world writable directory, and have it created with a gid other than one I belong to. I remember the old unix behavior when the directory had to have the setgid bit on for files/directories created in it be have the same gid as the directory. Are files created in a directory supposed to have the same gid as the directory (when the directory doesn't have the setgid bit on), or does FreeBSD have a bug? -- Zach Heilig (zach@blizzard.gaffaneys.com) Support bacteria -- it's the only culture some people have! ALL unsolicited >commercial< email is subject to a $100 proof-reading fee.
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