From: utzoo!decvax!duke!harpo!zeppo!ber
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizar
Title: chown - right or privilege - (nf)
Article-I.D.: zeppo.254
Posted: Thu Jul 22 17:16:54 1982
Received: Sun Jul 25 17:55:59 1982


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zeppo!ber    Jul 22 00:01:00 1982


One of the hassles in converting users and programs among
various versions of UNIX is the seemingly trivial difference
concerning the ability of mortals to chown their files.

v7 and 4.1bsd don't allow it.
UNIX 4.0 does.

What's your opinion.  We'd like to know.

Please send mail, not netnews.

	Thank you,

		brian redman