Date: 06 Mar 2002 15:36:22 -0800 From: "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@blarg.net> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: docs/35605: chmod(1) page misleads by use of "regardless" (re sticky bit). Message-ID: <7dsn7dfevd.n7d@localhost.localdomain>
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>Number: 35605 >Category: docs >Synopsis: chmod(1) page misleads by use of "regardless" (re sticky bit). >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Mar 06 15:40:01 PST 2002 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Gary W. Swearingen >Release: FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE i386 >Organization: none >Environment: n/a ================ >Description: The sticky bit explanation can be read to imply that the permissions on the directory are ignored when the owner tries to delete his own files. (They are not.) ================ >How-To-Repeat: n/a ================ >Fix: Simply remove ", regardless of the permissions on the directory". Optionally, make it verbose by replacing that with: ", but only if otherwise allowed, given the permissions and ownership". >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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