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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