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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 /NEWS | |
| 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.
Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- ** Bug fixes + chgrp, chmod, and chown now honor the --preserve-root option. + Before, they would warn, yet continuing traversing and operating on /. + chmod no longer fails in an environment (e.g., a chroot) with openat support but with insufficient /proc support. - * Noteworthy changes in release 6.7 (2006-12-08) [stable] ** Bug fixes |