Question about mv and su in 3.3.1
Martin Liversage
operator at IRIS.KTH.DK
Thu Dec 13 18:42:06 AEST 1990
In <1990Dec11.190615.3551 at bullet.ecf.toronto.edu> Bob Manson
<ucsd.edu!usc!cs.utexas.edu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!me!ecf!news-server.ecf!manson>
writes:
> If I use su to become root while in my home directory, and I mv a file
> to /tmp, for example, who should own the file? Me, or root? Under
> 3.2 I think that root would have been the owner(I don't remember,
> could someone still running 3.2 please check?). Anyway, under 3.3.1, I
> retain ownership of the file.
I run 3.2 and I have checked. You are right in your assumptions. When
root does a mv on a file, she becomes the owner.
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