- Subject: Re: Permission problems
- From: Frank v Waveren <fvw@xxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 17:33:24 +0200
On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 09:45:12AM -0300, Guto wrote:
> Its possible to put this patch on jed-0.99-17 ?
[snip preserve set-id bits on write]
Are you sure this is wise? Unix traditionally clears the suid and sgid
bits on writing to a file. Doesn't this violate the principle of least
surprise? While I agree it's useful behaviour in many situations, I
don't think it should be the default.
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