Re: Unrestrict chown?
On 2008-12-09 22:40 +0100, Christopher Zimmermann wrote:
> On my debian box using linux kernel its not possible to give away files:
>
> madroach@machine:~% touch foo
> madroach@machine:~% chown otheruser foo
> chown: changing ownership of `foo': Operation not permitted
>
> only root can change file owners. Is it possible to configure this
> behaviour and allow all users to chown their own files?
No.
> I read this was possible on solaris and several other unices and
> wonder if it is possible with linux.
This is deliberately not possible.
Sven
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