Re: maintaining owner id

Since the user is the owner of the folder, can't they just

system("chown YOU /path1/path2/theDir");
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after the folder is created.

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Re: Re: maintaining owner id by bobn (Chaplain) on Aug 08, 2003 at 21:02 UTC
chown typically doesn't work if you are not root. Otherwise, you could make something setuid, then chown it to some other user's ID and create all kinds of mischief. --Bob Niederman, http://bob-n.com	[reply]
Re: Re: maintaining owner id by Anonymous Monk on Aug 08, 2003 at 20:54 UTC
I try to avoid calling the system commands. Beside, if I want to expand my script to create other folders or files, I have to chown those also. How about setting those built-in variables like $< and $> ? I'm playing with them but have no luck yet..	[reply]