Subject: Re: kern/4662: chown(2) removes SUID/SGID bits
To: Todd Vierling <tv@pobox.com>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 12/10/1997 16:17:19
On Wed, 10 Dec 1997 18:10:23 -0500 (EST)
Todd Vierling <tv@pobox.com> wrote:
> A sysctl for making root access preserve set-id bits in chown (as non-root
> requires the above behavior as per POSIX and cannot be changed).
>
> In addition, as a sidelong addition, the ability to turn
> _POSIX_CHOWN_RESTRICTED off via a sysctl. :)
I don't like this... all NetBSD systems should be self-consistent in
this behavior.
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