Verily did Jason Thorpe write:

> On Tue, 9 Dec 1997 21:50:11 -0600 (CST) 
>  windsor@warthog.com wrote:
> 
>  > >Synopsis:       chown(2) removes SUID/SGID bits

> >From chown(2):

>      chown(), lchown() and fchown() clear the set-user-id and set-group-id
>      bits on the file to prevent accidental or mischievous creation of set-us-
>      er-id and set-group-id programs.

> This is a feature, not a bug.

Which is why I filed a change-request.

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