Re: [bug report]: chown(2) implementation in xfs is broken

[Robert Brockway <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 6 Jul 2003, Ethan Benson wrote:

> my previous mail i missed that you were doing this as non-root.  as

I probably should have been more explicit about that.

I'm actually surprised that xfs allows the liberal behaviour of
restrict_chown=0 at all (as a default or not).

The potential for abuse is significant.  It basically nullifies any use of
quotas since it allows any user to force any other user over-quota at any
time.  This could result in mail bounces and all sorts of mischief.

Is the option there for compatability with Irix, and if so, why does Irix
allow it?

Rob

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