Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!ccicpg!felix!zemon From: news@unmvax.unm.edu (The News service) Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix Subject: Re: Why is Ultrix 2.0 chown(2) restricted to super-user? Message-ID: <15556@felix.UUCP> Date: 7 Dec 87 21:14:17 GMT References: <12691@felix.UUCP> <13282@felix.UUCP> <13562@felix.UUCP> Sender: news@felix.UUCP Reply-To: news@unmvax.unm.edu (The News service) Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Lines: 6 Approved: zemon@felix.UUCP Reply-Path: 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