Tyler Sarna <tsarna@polar.bowdoin.edu> (05/16/91)
In comp.os.minix, Kevin Brown <kevin%NUCHAT.SCCSI.COM@VM1.NoDak.EDU> writes: > The reason for all that is that the chown() system call requires root privs > under Minix. Under System V, it doesn't, but instead checks to see whether > or not the owner of the file (or root) is trying to change the file's > ownership. On systems without disk quota, the approach taken by System V > is the Right Answer (IMHO). But the System V approach leads to problems on Yes, I always assumed that chown worked as you described (either root or owner of the file), but from reading ast's book (the Tanenbook? :->) it doesn't. What does POSIX have to say on this matter? -- Tyler "Ty" Sarna tsarna@polar.bowdoin.edu "Navy. It's not just a job, it's $98.76 a week." -SNL