Subj : This is why FreeBSD...
To   : Angus Mcleod
From : Takumi
Date : Sat Aug 14 2004 04:07 am

  Re: This is why FreeBSD...
  By: Angus Mcleod to All on Fri Aug 13 2004 01:28 pm

 > ...will always be a bullshit operating system:

 > What rubbish!  So the OWNER of the file is not allowed to give it to someone
 > else?  WTF is write permissions for if not to decide who can modify the file
 > such as changing ownership?

And the obvious security flaw is that a person could write a shell (or a
program that executes a shell), set the setuid flag, and make someone else the
owner.  Guess what, you now have a shell that gives you all the rights of that
user.

If you want someone else to own a file, write it yourself, and get them to copy
it.
Regards,
Takumi

Will code for bandwidth.

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