Chown as regular user?

From: SimonV (Simon.vanherweghe_at_gmail.com)
Date: 05/26/05

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    Hi,
    I'm working on a web-based hosting administration in php. (Debian
    Linux)
    For the creation of new web directories and other server manipulations,
    I use perl scripts that I've set-uid to a user who has the rights in
    those directories.
    Everything works fine so far, but now, the mail and ftp directory
    should have their own user and group i.o. the user who created them.
    But I've just read in a book that only a root user can do a chown...
    I've tested it, and indeed, it isn't possible to do it, except when I'm
    root.

    And it isn't that safe to set-uid my scripts as root user.
    Is there a work-around for this?

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