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Re: Bug#64605: Gets confused if repacking in user home directory



Timshel Knoll <timshel@pobox.com> wrote:
>> yes the problem is my test was on a NFS mounted /home. on local
>> filesystems it works as you describe.  files however always have the s
>> bits removed, as they should.=20

> Yes, files created in a sgid directory won't be sgid. Now that would be
> one serious security flaw :)

I think what he meant is that setuid files will become normal again when you
chown them.
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