diff -urNp linux-2.4.21/fs/attr.c linux-2.4.21.SUSE/fs/attr.c
--- linux-2.4.21/fs/attr.c	2002-02-25 20:38:07.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.4.21.SUSE/fs/attr.c	2004-06-24 17:35:01.673766040 +0200
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ int inode_change_ok(struct inode *inode,
 
 	/* 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;