Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 20:14:02 +1000 (EST) From: Ada T Lim <ada@not-enough.bandwidth.org> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: docs/4198: broken chmod(2),sticky(8) manpage Message-ID: <199707311014.UAA08494@polya.blah.org> Resent-Message-ID: <199707311020.DAA25619@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 4198
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: broken chmod(2),sticky(8) manpage
>Confidential: yes
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Thu Jul 31 03:20:03 PDT 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Ada T Lim
>Organization:
>Release: FreeBSD 2.2-STABLE i386
>Environment:
>Description:
The chmod(2) manpage as well as the sticky(8) manpage both still refer to
the ability to create sticky-bit files.
Only the super-user can set the sticky bit on a sharable executable file.
(from sticky(8))
However, from /usr/src/sys/ufs/ufs/ufs_vnops.c:
if (vp->v_type != VDIR && (mode & S_ISTXT))
return (EFTYPE);
Also, S_ISTXT isn't adequately documented - both stat(2) and chmod(2)
refer to only S_ISVTX, not S_ISTXT
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
Fix the manpages, as mentioned above :)
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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