From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!zeppo!wheps!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxa!mhuxh!mhuxm!pyuxjj!martin Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Title: chowning files Article-I.D.: pyuxjj.254 Posted: Fri Jul 30 09:24:45 1982 Received: Sat Jul 31 03:03:21 1982 In all the versions of UNIX that I've worked with, if you chown a file the system specifically resets the setuid bit if you're not root. Indeed, if one's system allows chowning, it would seem rather silly to keep the setuid bit - anyone could become root so easily! Martin Harriss