Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 22:35:26 +0200 (MET DST) From: Ariel Burbaickij <Ariel.Burbaickij@mni.fh-giessen.de> To: "Thomas M. Sommers" <tms2@mail.ptd.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: strange behaviour of chown(due to my lameness probably) Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.10.10003272233520.13318-100000@sun33> In-Reply-To: <38DF2740.F11A1033@mail.ptd.net>
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On Mon, 27 Mar 2000, Thomas M. Sommers wrote: > Ariel Burbaickij wrote: > > > > I tried to make following logged in as xyz user : > > > > chown abc zyx.txt > > > > and got Operation not permmited. > > > > Only root can change file ownership. Otherwise you could make a setuid > program, give it to another user, and then become that user. > Wait.even the files that are owned by user who intend to change its ownership?Effictively,giving ownership to someone other over? Kind regards, Ariel > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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