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Subject: Re: docs/36447: [PATCH] chown(8)
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From: swear@blarg.net (Gary W. Swearingen)
Date: 02 Apr 2002 13:31:22 -0800
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<trhodes@FreeBSD.ORG> writes:

>  Gary, how does the following patch look?  I omitted the sentence under
>  the description where you asked symlink(7) be mentioned.  symlink(7)
>  is in the see also section, I changed the description to one that I
>  feel is satisfactory, I also think that -h is good now.  If anything,
>  perhaps we should cut everything, including ``rather'' after the
>  -h option.  But its your PR.

You're probably right about the -h.  So I'd make it:

  -h    If the file is a symbolic link, <emp>do</emp> change its user ID
        and/or group ID.

(Or omit the emphasis if you'd like.)

I feel bad that the manual doesn't describe how the command treats
files named with a trailing slash, which is rather dangerous from a
security aspect, but let's leave it for another PR.

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