Comment on The early Unix history of chown() being restricted to rootparentComments−kazinator10moWhat if Alice leave her home directory permissions open? Mallory can then move a large file there and have it assigned to Alice's quota.I suppose it could work, but Mallory would then risk Alice blowing that file away (perhaps innocently, not even realizing it was Mallory's file).−IshKebab10moIf I leave my front door unlocked and you put a large cow in my house, it's taking up space in my house.
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What if Alice leave her home directory permissions open? Mallory can then move a large file there and have it assigned to Alice's quota.
I suppose it could work, but Mallory would then risk Alice blowing that file away (perhaps innocently, not even realizing it was Mallory's file).
If I leave my front door unlocked and you put a large cow in my house, it's taking up space in my house.