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| author | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2006-07-05 10:03:55 +0000 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2006-07-05 10:03:55 +0000 |
| commit | 2a7f886e47f95cee00ebff12e58d0ad7595a9cca (patch) | |
| tree | f3b6c950de6c72e4ec7defa4e47b19b4a5ba4725 /man/chmod.x | |
| parent | 36a288e41a6534c816090dce1a6ed139a60e87b7 (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-2a7f886e47f95cee00ebff12e58d0ad7595a9cca.tar.xz | |
* man/chmod.x: Correct the description of the sticky bit. Reported
by Chris Moore via Ian Jackson in <http://bugs.debian.org/376745>.
Diffstat (limited to 'man/chmod.x')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/chmod.x | 10 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/man/chmod.x b/man/chmod.x index 497206667..ab5c88492 100644 --- a/man/chmod.x +++ b/man/chmod.x @@ -61,11 +61,11 @@ systems, and the Linux kernel ignores the sticky bit on files. Other kernels may use the sticky bit on files for system-defined purposes. On some systems, only the superuser can set the sticky bit on files. .SH STICKY DIRECTORIES -When the sticky bit is set on a directory, files in that directory may -be unlinked or renamed only by root or their owner. Without the -sticky bit, anyone able to write to the directory can delete or rename -files. The sticky bit is commonly found on directories, such as /tmp, -that are world-writable. +When the sticky bit is set on a directory, a file in that directory may +be unlinked or renamed only by the directory owner, the file owner, or root. +Without the sticky bit, anyone able to write to the +directory can delete or rename files. The sticky bit is commonly found +on directories, such as /tmp, that are world-writable. .SH OPTIONS [SEE ALSO] chmod(2) |