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| author | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2006-12-14 11:09:44 +0100 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2006-12-14 11:14:25 +0100 |
| commit | 24852bf5b5e7fd954f2e4d1d08d58575453b48b0 (patch) | |
| tree | 84eb0a48a2ec2d2b9637fa4d1890f941e4d5e647 /ChangeLog | |
| parent | 56007809c35dc4c3d139662578741281e11d0e3b (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-24852bf5b5e7fd954f2e4d1d08d58575453b48b0.tar.xz | |
* NEWS: --preserve-root now works with chgrp, chmod, and chown.
* src/chmod.c (process_file): Do honor the --preserve-root option.
* src/chown-core.c (change_file_owner): Likewise, but here, also
handle the case in which a traversal would go "through" a symlink
to root. Reported by Matthew M. Boedicker
* tests/chown/preserve-root: Test for the above.
* tests/chown/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add preserve-root.
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@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@ 2006-12-14 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> + * NEWS: --preserve-root now works with chgrp, chmod, and chown. + * src/chmod.c (process_file): Do honor the --preserve-root option. + * src/chown-core.c (change_file_owner): Likewise, but here, also + handle the case in which a traversal would go "through" a symlink + to root. Reported by Matthew M. Boedicker + * tests/chown/preserve-root: Test for the above. + * tests/chown/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add preserve-root. + * NEWS: Mention the chmod fix induced by the 2006-12-11 change to gnulib's m4/openat.m4. |