Mail Archives: cygwin/1998/10/18/12:50:16
Michael Hirmke writes:
> 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.
>
Actually it depends on the version of Unix. Solaris has a kernel
parameter that determines if that behavior is allowed or not.
> [...]
> >
> >My 2c
> >Chuck Wilson
>
david
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