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Date:      Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:39:00 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r187627 - head/bin/chmod
Message-ID:  <200901231139.n0NBd015041843@svn.freebsd.org>

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Author: trhodes
Date: Fri Jan 23 11:39:00 2009
New Revision: 187627
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/187627

Log:
  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

Modified:
  head/bin/chmod/chmod.1

Modified: head/bin/chmod/chmod.1
==============================================================================
--- head/bin/chmod/chmod.1	Fri Jan 23 11:11:29 2009	(r187626)
+++ head/bin/chmod/chmod.1	Fri Jan 23 11:39:00 2009	(r187627)
@@ -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 on
 ``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.



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