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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 /src/chown-core.c | |
| 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.
Diffstat (limited to 'src/chown-core.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/chown-core.c | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/chown-core.c b/src/chown-core.c index 606db39ea..b39061091 100644 --- a/src/chown-core.c +++ b/src/chown-core.c @@ -261,7 +261,8 @@ change_file_owner (FTS *fts, FTSENT *ent, { if (ROOT_DEV_INO_CHECK (chopt->root_dev_ino, ent->fts_statp)) { - /* This happens e.g., with "chown -R --preserve-root /". */ + /* This happens e.g., with "chown -R --preserve-root 0 /" + and with "chown -RH --preserve-root 0 symlink-to-root". */ ROOT_DEV_INO_WARN (file_full_name); /* Tell fts not to traverse into this hierarchy. */ fts_set (fts, ent, FTS_SKIP); |