Re: [expert] chown problems

[Anton Graham]

Submitted 04-Aug-00 by Charles Curley:
> OK, how do I give away a file?

Only root can do this.  The reasoning is as follows: I compile my own copy
of a program, chmod 4555, and then give it to root.  Now I have an
unaccounted for suid process that can do anything it wants to.

For the same reasons, you can only give files to groups of which you are a
member.

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