[729] in Info-AFS_Redistribution
Re: Question on the User's Manual
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Richard Basch)
Thu Apr 16 23:35:01 1992
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 92 22:15:54 -0400
To: rnelson@mailbox.fwrdc.rtsg.mot.com (Richard M. Nelson)
Cc: info-afs@transarc.com
In-Reply-To: Richard M. Nelson's message of Thu, 16 Apr 92 17:19:00 CDT,
From: "Richard Basch" <basch@MIT.EDU>
The user may change any of the user/group/other bits with chmod.
In the code, the setuid/setgid bits of a file are treated specially and
only system:administrators are authorized to set those bits or to
actually set the UNIX group of a file. [Actually, the setting of the
setuid/setgid bits via chmod doesn't seem to be protected, but all other
paths are, according to the source.]
-Richard
