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| author | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2006-12-14 15:41:05 +0100 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2006-12-14 15:41:50 +0100 |
| commit | c3154b2947abbb8d03a412d5874fcceb1fc29393 (patch) | |
| tree | 228cca8b905de2e2542887e211fec68bb2a298ba /doc | |
| parent | 24852bf5b5e7fd954f2e4d1d08d58575453b48b0 (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-c3154b2947abbb8d03a412d5874fcceb1fc29393.tar.xz | |
chgrp, chown: Don't prohibit -RLh, aka -RL with --no-dereference.
* src/chgrp.c (main): Don't prohibit -RLh, aka -RL with --no-dereference.
* src/chown.c (main): Likewise.
* src/chown-core.c (change_file_owner): Add to a comment.
* tests/chown/preserve-root: Add tests.
* doc/coreutils.texi (Treating / specially): With --preserve-root,
chgrp and chown will not modify "/", even through a symlink.
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/ChangeLog | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/coreutils.texi | 4 |
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog index 026b34a19..60341abab 100644 --- a/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,6 +1,8 @@ 2006-12-14 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> * coreutils.texi: Remove two doubled words. + (Treating / specially): With --preserve-root, chgrp and chown + will not modify "/", even through a symlink. 2006-11-28 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 8e6126f36..c7952facc 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -1158,6 +1158,10 @@ to operate recursively on @file{/}, so they default to option makes them safer for most purposes. For convenience you can specify @option{--preserve-root} in an alias or in a shell function. +Note that the @option{--preserve-root} option also ensures +that @command{chgrp} and @command{chown} do not modify @file{/} +even when dereferencing a symlink pointing to @file{/}. + @node Special built-in utilities @section Special built-in utilities |