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From: tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen)
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Subject: Re: non-superuser chown(2)s considered harmful
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Date: 9 Dec 90 15:44:42 GMT
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In article <1990Dec09.043647.25826@iecc.cambridge.ma.us> johnl@iecc.cambridge.ma.us (John R. Levine) writes:
>Does anyone really do quota accounting by the UID of the file?  

Absolutely.  I know a good number of both university and commercial
sites that do so, using either the original BSD system or the one
modified for use with NFS.

--tom
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Tom Christiansen		tchrist@convex.com	convex!tchrist
"With a kernel dive, all things are possible, but it sure makes it hard
 to look at yourself in the mirror the next morning."  -me