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Re: NetBSD master CVS tree commits



>> Modified Files:
>>      ufs_vnops.c 
>> Log Message:
>> Move some permission-checking code for file owner/group changes up to
>> vfs_syscalls.c::change_owner().  Also, always update the inode's change time
>> if the operation succeeds.
>
>The first half of this change (moving the permissions check up to
>vfs_syscalls.c) make things somewhat inconvenient for third-party
>filesystems like AFS which have their own permission model.

Ouch, I didn't realize the implications of this.  I use AFS every day
on NetBSD; doing this would really screw me (and others).

Can we please back this change out?

--Ken



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