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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
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Subject: Re: chown (was: at files and permissions)
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Date: 6 Jul 89 13:48:02 GMT
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In article <8072@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> dhesi@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Rahul Dhesi) writes:
>... BSD allows only root to change file ownership.

In article <4884@ficc.uu.net> peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes:
>I certainly hope that V.4 doesn't have this *bogus* restriction.

In article <18414@mimsy.UUCP>, chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) writes:
> The restriction is not bogus, because the system supports disk quotas.

This assume that disk quotas are not bogus in a production environment.
That is, outside a university... anyway, I'll rephrase my comment:

I certainly hope that V.4 does not impose this bogus restriction if you
choose to not make use of disk quotas. I also hope that V.4 doesn't enforce
the other bogus restrictions I remember from my years at Berkeley.

They didn't call it the "fascist file system" for nothing.

[ Pardon my language, but I just saw Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure ]
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