jim owens wrote:
> Using root's default attributes is almost never desired.
^^^^^^
Exactly. When it is desired, it shouldn't be impossible :-)
Setting attributes to those of a new file outside the kernel requires
parsing /proc/mounts and knowing filesystem-type-specific things,
among other things. Ugly stuff - should never be written. Don't make
such ugly stuff be written (and fail when /proc isn't mounted).
There is also the principle of least surprise... Shell scripts which
behave differently for root - that's asking for trouble.
-- Jamie
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