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| author | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2006-07-22 23:42:19 +0000 |
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| committer | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2006-07-22 23:42:19 +0000 |
| commit | a29aa4faa6be6e002ade3b782e3b01863618420b (patch) | |
| tree | aea0d8124599eee6d530553c66198d3cc32da8bc /doc | |
| parent | e27208b63507c2100c480d89614ab83cce9e1692 (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-a29aa4faa6be6e002ade3b782e3b01863618420b.tar.xz | |
(Mode Structure): The restricted deletion flag
restricts only unprivileged users.
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/perm.texi | 2 |
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog index ab3cdd58d..dc48052ae 100644 --- a/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +2006-07-22 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> + + * coreutils.texi (What information is listed): Clarify that the + restricted deletion flag is another name for the sticky bit. + * perm.texi (Mode Structure): The restricted deletion flag + restricts only unprivileged users. + 2006-07-16 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> * coreutils.texi: Change GNU to @acronym{GNU} in a few places. diff --git a/doc/perm.texi b/doc/perm.texi index 6235a745d..2b3d2d573 100644 --- a/doc/perm.texi +++ b/doc/perm.texi @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ subdirectories. @cindex swap space, saving text image in @cindex text image, saving in swap space @cindex restricted deletion flag -Prevent users from removing or renaming a file in a directory +Prevent unprivileged users from removing or renaming a file in a directory unless they own the file or the directory; this is called the @dfn{restricted deletion flag} for the directory. For regular files on some systems, save the program's text image on the |