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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!vic.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!nsw.news.telstra.net!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.uoregon.edu!hunter.premier.net!news.mathworks.com!howland.erols.net!EU.net!usenet2.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!usenet1.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!uknet!newsfeed.ed.ac.uk!edcogsci!richard From: richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) Subject: Re: Why chown(2) is privileged? Message-ID: <DzznI8.EGJ@cogsci.ed.ac.uk> Organization: HCRC, University of Edinburgh References: <CANDY.96Oct24222129@xxx.fct.kgc.co.jp> <54ov5i$k8f$1@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au> <54pv7v$897@uriah.heep.sax.de> Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 13:44:31 GMT Lines: 10 >> 1. quotas - if you can transfer the ownership of a file to someone >> then they have it in their quota not yours. I remember using uucp to change the ownership of my files (uucp them to a world-writable directory - now they're owned by uucp) to overcome my (2MB!) quota. -- Richard -- "Nothing can stop me now... except microscopic germs"