From owner-freebsd-doc Thu Apr 27 1: 0:13 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35E7137B59E for ; Thu, 27 Apr 2000 01:00:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id BAA51004; Thu, 27 Apr 2000 01:00:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 01:00:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200004270800.BAA51004@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Cc: From: Sheldon Hearn Subject: Re: docs/18243: a mistake in sh.1 Reply-To: Sheldon Hearn Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR docs/18243; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Sheldon Hearn To: mellon@pobox.com Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG, martin@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/18243: a mistake in sh.1 Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 09:54:07 +0200 On Thu, 27 Apr 2000 01:40:57 GMT, mellon@pobox.com wrote: > .It Fl p Li privileged > Turn on privileged mode. This mode is enabled on startup > if either the effective user or group id is not equal to the > -real user or group id. Turning this mode off sets the > +real user or group id. Turning this mode on sets the > effective user and group ids to the real user and group ids. Weird, I don't get this at all. My take on the code is that it should say something like: Set the effective user and group ids to the real user and group ids respectively if this option is enabled on startup. The existing text doesn't make any sense to me. Am I right with my description? Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message