On Fri, Aug 04, 2000 at 12:14:09PM -0700, Anton Graham wrote:
> Submitted 04-Aug-00 by Charles Curley:
> > OK, how do I give away a file?
>
> Only root can do this. The reasoning is as follows: I compile my own copy
> of a program, chmod 4555, and then give it to root. Now I have an
> unaccounted for suid process that can do anything it wants to.
>
> For the same reasons, you can only give files to groups of which you are a
> member.
They are members of the same group, although in neither case is it the
default group.
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