> > I was wondering if there should be a "nochown" (or "chown", if the nochown > > would be the default) flag for the ufs filesystem. > > you can allow users to chown files by making the chown utility suid > to root. When a user-level solution for a site specific option such > as this is available I say leave the kernel alone. > Only in a very trusting environment, where you don't mind if users chown files they dont own to themselves.... For example, under SunOs 4.1.1: suntwo# cp /etc/chown /tmp suntwo# chmod 4755 /tmp/chown suntwo# su - sys suntwo% id uid=2(sys) gid=2(kmem) groups=2(kmem) suntwo% ls -l /etc/passwd -rw-r--r-- 1 root 550 May 25 00:19 /etc/passwd suntwo% /tmp/chown sys /etc/passwd suntwo% ls -ald /etc/passwd -rw-r--r-- 1 sys 550 May 25 00:19 /etc/passwd suntwo% Neil -- Bull in the Heather, Me and My Charms, The Lights, Sensual World, Go, Ritual, Handsome and Gretel, Take Me, Blue Room, Drunken Butterfly, She's Lost Control. ...like a badger with an afro throwing sparklers at the Pope...