In Redhat, this is not the case. You cannot change the ownership to someone else. > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rino Mardo > Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 9:23 AM > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > Subject: Re: changing ownership > > 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 > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
