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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 3cdfb72fe..96220c350 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -10525,6 +10525,13 @@ portable, and because it has undesirable results if the entire @var{owner@samp{.}group} happens to identify a user whose name contains @samp{.}. +@macro chownGroupRestrictions +It is system dependent whether a user can change the group to an arbitrary one, +or the more portable behavior of being restricted to setting a group of +which the user is a member. +@end macro +@chownGroupRestrictions + The @command{chown} command sometimes clears the set-user-ID or set-group-ID permission bits. This behavior depends on the policy and functionality of the underlying @code{chown} system call, which may @@ -10685,7 +10692,8 @@ chown -hR root /u @command{chgrp} changes the group ownership of each given @var{file} to @var{group} (which can be either a group name or a numeric group ID) -or to the group of an existing reference file. Synopsis: +or to the group of an existing reference file. @xref{chown invocation}. +Synopsis: @example chgrp [@var{option}]@dots{} @{@var{group} | --reference=@var{ref_file}@}@c @@ -10696,6 +10704,8 @@ If @var{group} is intended to represent a numeric group ID, then you may specify it with a leading @samp{+}. @xref{Disambiguating names and IDs}. +@chownGroupRestrictions + The program accepts the following options. Also see @ref{Common options}. @table @samp |