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

[Robert Brockway <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 7 Jul 2003, Ethan Benson wrote:

> how so?  s bits are cleared on chown(2).

Yes, I confirmed that the s bit was being cleared with the chown, as
normal.

> > Linux quite happily set restrict_chown=0 on my quota enabled xfs
> > filesystem.  It would definately be worth having a sanity check about
> > enabling both options at once.
>
> did you check that chown() was still permitted?  if so i would find

Yep.  The tests I did were all on an xfs with quota enabled and in use.

> out if irix is the same.  i would consider that a bug, but since its a
> configurable sysctl default to a secure state its not really that big
> a deal, if root wants to shoot himself in the foot, let him.

nuke(8) ;) [1]

[1] From the ASR man pages.

Rob

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