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

[Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 2003-07-07 at 00:59, Robert Brockway wrote:

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

It is there for Irix compatibility, as are a few of the other sysctls. 
I don't know the details of why it is an option on Irix.

You're right that it can be abused... but the (correct) default is
secure, and only root can change it.

I suppose we could be clever about it and make a
CONFIG_PURE_LINUX_XFS_BEHAVIORS config option, and hardcode it at at
compile time.  But I think that's getting pretty close to feature-itis. 
:)

-Eric

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