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bug#22511: [request] Add "--preserve-setuid" to the chown command
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William Di Luigi |
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bug#22511: [request] Add "--preserve-setuid" to the chown command |
Date: |
Mon, 1 Feb 2016 03:33:29 +0100 |
Hi,
if I understand it correctly, chown clears the setuid bit for security
reasons (since, when changing the owner or group for a file, you could
potentially be allowing *new people* to run that file as root).
While this is good for security, sometimes you want to be able to
preserve the setuid bit. For example, when packaging software
(https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1600551)
What do you think about adding a "--preserve-setuid" optional flag?
Regards,
William
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