non-superuser chown(2)s considered harmful

[Tony L. Hansen]

< Exactly. This is why several people have been arguing for chown() to
< work between current and effective uids. Does chown() have any other
< reasonable use?

The mail(1) command uses chown(2) and set-gid to give a secure mail system. I
feel that other methods are fraught with potential security holes.

					Tony Hansen
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