From: utzoo!decvax!cca!HOLSTEGE@Cit-20@sri-unix
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Title: chown
Article-I.D.: sri-unix.3087
Posted: Fri Sep  3 19:43:14 1982
Received: Wed Sep  8 05:53:19 1982

Date: 31 Aug 1982 1321-PDT
Alan Watt points out that the point of being able to chown a file
is to transfer control of that file from one user to another. I feel
that this should not be possible wothout the conset of BOTH of the involved
users; in this case "cp" is entirely suitable. Thus chown should be restricted.
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