On Sun, Oct 12, 2003 at 12:32:46PM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: > may package scripts assume, that they have the fowner capability > available? many postinst scripts first set the owner of a file/dir and > try to change the permissions after. this is only allowed with this > capability set.
If you're setting the setuid or setgid bit then you have to do it this way round: changing the owner may clear that bit, depending on the kernel version according to chown(2). I think sanity dictates that we assume this capability. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]