diff -Nru a/fs/attr.c b/fs/attr.c
--- a/fs/attr.c	2004-08-03 14:29:15 -07:00
+++ b/fs/attr.c	2004-08-03 14:29:15 -07:00
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@
 
 	/* Make sure caller can chgrp. */
 	if ((ia_valid & ATTR_GID) &&
-	    (!in_group_p(attr->ia_gid) && attr->ia_gid != inode->i_gid) &&
+	    (current->fsuid != inode->i_uid ||
+	    (!in_group_p(attr->ia_gid) && attr->ia_gid != inode->i_gid)) &&
 	    !capable(CAP_CHOWN))
 		goto error;