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author | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2006-07-28 07:27:56 +0000 |
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committer | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2006-07-28 07:27:56 +0000 |
commit | 6eb119a91e80ae2e8e40e36e28353dc2f4340f51 (patch) | |
tree | 4f8b13f296a4c79a4d7c05c4ed28519ab0430730 | |
parent | e7583d05d3ed7702fdcefe5f36af44b183e7dab3 (diff) | |
download | coreutils-6eb119a91e80ae2e8e40e36e28353dc2f4340f51.tar.xz |
chmod now preserves setuid and setgid bits on directories
if you use a numeric mode with them clear, e.g., "chmod 755 DIR".
-rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- `chmod 755 DIR' and `chmod u=rwx,go=rx DIR' now preserve DIR's set-user-ID and set-group-ID bits instead of clearing them, and similarly for `mkdir -m 755 DIR' and `mkdir -m u=rwx,go=rx DIR'. To - clear the bits, mention them explicitly, e.g., `chmod 0755 DIR' or - `mkdir -m a-s,u=rwx,go=rx DIR'. This change is for convenience on + clear the bits, mention them explicitly in a symbolic mode, e.g., + `mkdir -m u=rwx,go=rx,-s DIR'. To set them, mention them explicitly + in either a symbolic or a numeric mode, e.g., `mkdir -m 2755 DIR', + `mkdir -m u=rwx,go=rx,g+s' DIR. This change is for convenience on systems where these bits inherit from parents. Unfortunately other operating systems are not consistent here, and portable scripts cannot assume the bits are set, cleared, or preserved, even when the |