Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264687AbTFYPcc (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Jun 2003 11:32:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264694AbTFYPcc (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Jun 2003 11:32:32 -0400 Received: from grendel.firewall.com ([66.28.56.41]:44952 "EHLO grendel.firewall.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264687AbTFYPc2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Jun 2003 11:32:28 -0400 Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 17:46:27 +0200 From: Marek Habersack To: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu Cc: Steve Lord , Linux Kernel Subject: Re: [2.5.73-mm1 XFS] restrict_chown and quotas Message-ID: <20030625154627.GK1745@thanes.org> Reply-To: grendel@debian.org References: <20030625095126.GD1745@thanes.org> <1056545505.1170.19.camel@laptop.americas.sgi.com> <20030625134129.GG1745@thanes.org> <200306251511.h5PFBpdA021017@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="AptwxgnoZDC4KQWS" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200306251511.h5PFBpdA021017@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> Organization: I just... X-GPG-Fingerprint: 0F0B 21EE 7145 AA2A 3BF6 6D29 AB7F 74F4 621F E6EA X-message-flag: Outlook - A program to spread viri, but it can do mail too. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1613 Lines: 49 --AptwxgnoZDC4KQWS Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 11:11:51AM -0400, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu scribbled: [snip] > > can remove any files created by root whether or not restricted_chown is= in > > effect. That might be quite a nightmare for the admins. Or at the very = least > > it's inconsistent with other filesystems. >=20 > Maybe I'm low on caffeine and therefor misreading it, but isn't this just= an > example of "file rename/remove requires write permission on the *parent* > dirctory, since that's what's being changed", which often surprises novic= e (and > not-so-novice) sysadmins? See also the reason for the sticky bit on dire= ctories.. >=20 > In any case, I didn't notice that any behavior (other than the 'chown giv= eaway') > was different than other filesystems? You're right. It must have been me who was low on caffeine. Indeed, the only problems were the chown giveaway and the quota ownership transfer. Forget the blurb, sorry marek --AptwxgnoZDC4KQWS Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE++cPTq3909GIf5uoRArF9AJ9Mr2iSILl5G8OhPNHhLtPcPjkcQQCffQ7t IaWg4bM5vdyXxBl5VHUaze8= =AMrJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --AptwxgnoZDC4KQWS-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/