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| author | Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> | 2009-01-23 11:39:00 +0000 |
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| committer | Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> | 2009-01-23 11:39:00 +0000 |
| commit | cb30dc5538cbeb64714189635bd4e2de55b6e9b2 (patch) | |
| tree | a642f0143b5bcd2a5372220107ef92428f03a3e8 /bin/chmod | |
| parent | 37af314cb9969111a3d6de84cec5c2bad8406543 (diff) | |
Note the implication of setting the 'w' permission on directories,
while here, expand the 'naughty bits' comment in BUGS.
PR: 84265 and 84268
Reviewed by: keramida
Obtained from: hints from ceri, keramida
Notes
Notes:
svn path=/head/; revision=187627
Diffstat (limited to 'bin/chmod')
| -rw-r--r-- | bin/chmod/chmod.1 | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/bin/chmod/chmod.1 b/bin/chmod/chmod.1 index 37d64bb008bd..c55091fb5f78 100644 --- a/bin/chmod/chmod.1 +++ b/bin/chmod/chmod.1 @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ .\" @(#)chmod.1 8.4 (Berkeley) 3/31/94 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd December 22, 2006 +.Dd January 23, 2009 .Dt CHMOD 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -281,6 +281,10 @@ Operations upon the other permissions only (specified by the symbol ``o'' by itself), in combination with the .Ar perm symbols ``s'' or ``t'', are ignored. +.Pp +The ``w'' permission on directories will permit file creation, relocation, +and copy into that directory. +Files created within the directory itself will inherit its group ID. .Sh EXAMPLES .Bl -tag -width "u=rwx,go=u-w" -compact .It Li 644 @@ -343,4 +347,5 @@ command appeared in .Sh BUGS There is no .Ar perm -option for the naughty bits. +option for the naughty bits which are ``S'' and +``T'' respectively. |