chgrp resets the setuid and getgid bits

Matthew Miller mattdm at mattdm.org
Tue Jul 25 11:06:12 UTC 2006


On Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 07:44:14PM +1000, Ben Stringer wrote:
> I observed this today on an RHEL4 system, and it applies to Fedora also.
> I don't understand why this occurs - is it a security feature?

I think you answered your own question.

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