if he **is** the owner of the files then he can do whatever he wants with it. man chown. On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 09:21:37 -0500, Blackburn, Marvin <Marvin.Blackburn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have the need to have a non-priveleged user change the ownership of a > file or files that he owns, to > another non-privelged user. > > Redhat does not permit this. We thought about using sudo, however this > could be dangerous. > Is there a secure way to do this. > If we use sudo, is there a way to make sure that the options provided to > the chown commands or > wrapper script are safe? > > ------------------ > Marvin Blackburn > Systems Administrator > Glen Raven > "He's no failure. He's not dead yet" --William Lloyd George > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- "Every morning, I get up and look through the 'Forbes' list of the richest people in America. If I'm not there, I go to work" -- Robert Orben fingerprint: F615 80CF 76A4 9B73 23CF 7BBC 473B D1B1 751B 8297 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list