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From: mh AT mike DOT franken DOT de (Michael Hirmke)
Subject: Re: NT extended attributes
17 Oct 1998 23:03:56 -0700 :
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Charles Wilson [cwilson AT ee DOT gatech DOT edu] wrote:

[...]
>I believe that this is one of the fundamental differences between the Unix
>security model and the NT security model. Under Unix, an owner can transfer
>ownership of files that they own to another user, whereas under NT, users

In Unix you can't change the ownership of a file to someone else, even
if you are the actual owner.

[...]
>
>My 2c
>Chuck Wilson

Bye.
Michael.
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