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Subject: Re: Why is Ultrix 2.0 chown(2) restricted to super-user?
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Date: 7 Dec 87 21:14:17 GMT
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in 4.3 chown was restricte to superuser because "users were able to
give files away" and "defeat the file-space accounting procedues."
perhaps ultrix did the same for the same reason.

				Bill