It doesn't seem to be there anymore with 2.6.0-test2. Don't know what solved
it, I didn't see anything related in the Changelog ...
On Monday 28 July 2003 18:57, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> restrict_chown (the default) means that only root can "give away" files
> to another user via chown.
>
> But yes, this does look like a bug.
>
> -eric
>
> On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 11:31, Marc Cousin wrote:
> > I don't know if :
> > - This is the right place to report it
> > - It is a bug
> >
> > I am having strange chown behaviour
> >
> > all the operations below are done as root
> > -------------------------------------------------------
> > I first try it whith restrict chown to 1
> >
> > fs.xfs.stats_clear = 0
> > fs.xfs.sync_interval = 30000
> > fs.xfs.error_level = 3
> > fs.xfs.panic_mask = 0
> > fs.xfs.irix_symlink_mode = 0
> > fs.xfs.irix_sgid_inherit = 0
> > fs.xfs.restrict_chown = 1
> > marco:/dvdrip# touch test
> > marco:/dvdrip# chown marc test
> > chown: changing ownership of `test': Operation not permitted
> > -----------------------------------------------------
> > then with restrict chown to 0
> > marco:/dvdrip# touch test
> > marco:/dvdrip# chown marc test
> > marco:/dvdrip# chown root test
> > chown: changing ownership of `test': Operation not permitted
> >
> >
> > I don't think this is a normal behaviour (in either case), but the
> > restrict chown is confusing me a little bit ...
> >
> >
> >
> > Meanwhile, I'm going to install 2.6.0-test2... :)
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