On Wed, 10 Dec 1997 18:10:23 -0500 (EST) 
 Todd Vierling <tv@pobox.com> wrote:

 > A sysctl for making root access preserve set-id bits in chown (as non-root
 > requires the above behavior as per POSIX and cannot be changed).
 > 
 > In addition, as a sidelong addition, the ability to turn
 > _POSIX_CHOWN_RESTRICTED off via a sysctl.  :) 

I don't like this... all NetBSD systems should be self-consistent in 
this behavior.

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