[ale] Allow non-root user to chown file to other user?

[Derek Carter]

Jeff Lightner wrote:
> OK the responses so far did what I was asking not to do - that is they
> are either telling me how to engineer a solution around it or they are
> saying it is a bad idea.
> 
> Also one post mentioned "capabilities" which I had broached in my
> original post.  My read of that is it is something set for programs or
> at kernel level not something that is enabled for users.   If the chown
> capability is not on in the kernel then even root couldn't do chown.
> It doesn't seem to really relate to my question - I had gone down that
> path before posting.
> 
> Again I am asking if there is a way to allow non-root users to simply
> use the "real" chown command directly.  It just doesn't seem to me that
> this shouldn't be something that is configurable somehow especially
> given that it is configurable on at least two UNIX variants I'm familiar
> with.     

Is this just a capabilities question, or are you trying to solve a real 
problem?  If you are trying to solve a real problem, let us know what it 
is, we may be able to help you find another avenue to fix it?

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Derek aka goozbach