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diff --git a/doc/perm.texi b/doc/perm.texi index 6c466f2bc..eb19c2b06 100644 --- a/doc/perm.texi +++ b/doc/perm.texi @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ specific to the file system. For example: @table @asis @item ext2 -On @acronym{GNU} and @acronym{GNU}/Linux the file attributes specific to +On GNU and GNU/Linux the file attributes specific to the ext2 file system are set using @command{chattr}. @item FFS @@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ the mode: +t @end example -The combination @samp{o+s} has no effect. On @acronym{GNU} systems +The combination @samp{o+s} has no effect. On GNU systems the combinations @samp{u+t} and @samp{g+t} have no effect, and @samp{o+t} acts like plain @samp{+t}. @@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ The commands @samp{chmod =755 @var{dir}} and @samp{chmod 755 setuid and setgid bits, whereas the latter preserves them. @xref{Directory Setuid and Setgid}. -Operator numeric modes are a @acronym{GNU} extension. +Operator numeric modes are a GNU extension. @node Directory Setuid and Setgid @section Directories and the Set-User-ID and Set-Group-ID Bits @@ -630,10 +630,10 @@ chmod =755 D chmod 00755 D @end example -This behavior is a @acronym{GNU} extension. Portable scripts should +This behavior is a GNU extension. Portable scripts should not rely on requests to set or clear these bits on directories, as -@acronym{POSIX} allows implementations to ignore these requests. -The @acronym{GNU} behavior with numeric modes of four or fewer digits +POSIX allows implementations to ignore these requests. +The GNU behavior with numeric modes of four or fewer digits is intended for scripts portable to systems that preserve these bits; the behavior with numeric modes of five or more digits is for scripts portable to systems that do not preserve the bits. |