[ale] Allow non-root user to chown file to other user?

[James P. Kinney III]

On Thu, 2007-11-15 at 14:44 -0500, Jeff Lightner wrote:

> Again I am asking if there is a way to allow non-root users to simply
> use the "real" chown command directly.  It just doesn't seem to me that
> this shouldn't be something that is configurable somehow especially
> given that it is configurable on at least two UNIX variants I'm familiar
> with.     
> 
The short answer is no. The prior posts discuss why. chown is a
dangerous tool in the wrong hands. 

Furthermore, a user can't chown a file to themselves. Again, it violates
the security of the system. 

All ways I've seen to workaround this are cludges that involve sudo
and/or setuid root scripts.

email is a great workaround!

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