sftp-server and chown

[Markus Friedl]

On Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 11:32:57AM +0100, Andy Polyakov wrote:
> > I have a lot of quarms with how ssh.com designed their sftp client in
> > windows.  It's broken and horrible.
> 
> But people want to and do use it anyway.
> 
> > And I don't feel we should remove a
> > feature because a company can't figure out how to write a correct sftp
> > client.  Catering to broken software is never a valid solution.
> 
> Examine sftp-client.c and note 'a.flags &= ~SSH2_FILEXFER_ATTR_UIDGID;'

this is because the client does not want to update
the uid after a file is uploaded. he just
want's to update the timestamp -> not at all related
to you suggestion.

please tell ietf-ssh about your problems with
the current draft.

> which basically does what I suggest and acknowledges the standpoint. The
> catch is that it's done in wrong place and that it should be done on
> server side, not client. The fact that it guards against broken clients
> is a side effect, not goal.
> 
> Andy.