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| author | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2000-09-16 16:26:02 +0000 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2000-09-16 16:26:02 +0000 |
| commit | eaa53735c23f56e91a265923b998b4a97df4b3a6 (patch) | |
| tree | efe433a8050e542c1887e53c6224ec1d3ea282e6 /doc | |
| parent | 2dfa2338b8d17abef0d5e47f25e2c89a5b528579 (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-eaa53735c23f56e91a265923b998b4a97df4b3a6.tar.xz | |
(Changing Special Permissions): Remove this statement:
`a' in the USERS part of a symbolic mode does not cause the special
permissions to be affected... It doesn't reflect what the code does
and isn't required by POSIX. Reported by aldomel@ix.netcom.com via
Mike Stone.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/perm.texi | 14 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/doc/perm.texi b/doc/perm.texi index 939d333df..3577c8bec 100644 --- a/doc/perm.texi +++ b/doc/perm.texi @@ -276,18 +276,8 @@ o+t Remember that the special permissions only affect files that are executable, plus, on some systems, directories (on which they have -different meanings; @pxref{Mode Structure}). Using @samp{a} -in the @var{users} part of a symbolic mode does not cause the special -permissions to be affected; thus, - -@example -a+s -@end example - -@noindent -has @emph{no effect}. You must use @samp{u}, @samp{g}, and @samp{o} -explicitly to affect the special permissions. Also, the -combinations @samp{u+t}, @samp{g+t}, and @samp{o+s} have no effect. +different meanings; @pxref{Mode Structure}). +Also, the combinations @samp{u+t}, @samp{g+t}, and @samp{o+s} have no effect. The @samp{=} operator is not very useful with special permissions; for example, the mode: |