Re: [PATCH] unrestricted_chown : userspace part

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On Tue, Dec 09, 2008 at 09:36:54AM +0000, James Youngman wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 4:32 AM, Niraj Kumar <niraj17@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Unrestricted chown: Userspace patch for mount program
> >
> > This patch adds "unrestricted_chown" option to
> > mount program.  This option is used to disable
> > the Posix _POSIX_CHOWN_RESTRICTED chown option on a given
> > filesystem which forbids non-privilegued users to give away files.
> 
> The name [no]restrict_chown would be more in keeping with the names of
> the existing mount options.    Failing that perhaps chown=restricted.

 Yeah, the proposed name "unrestricted_chown" is ugly and terribly long.

    Karel

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