From 24852bf5b5e7fd954f2e4d1d08d58575453b48b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:09:44 +0100 Subject: * NEWS: --preserve-root now works with chgrp, chmod, and chown. * src/chmod.c (process_file): Do honor the --preserve-root option. * src/chown-core.c (change_file_owner): Likewise, but here, also handle the case in which a traversal would go "through" a symlink to root. Reported by Matthew M. Boedicker * tests/chown/preserve-root: Test for the above. * tests/chown/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add preserve-root. --- ChangeLog | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) (limited to 'ChangeLog') diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 76b960338..e2b8c464e 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,13 @@ 2006-12-14 Jim Meyering + * NEWS: --preserve-root now works with chgrp, chmod, and chown. + * src/chmod.c (process_file): Do honor the --preserve-root option. + * src/chown-core.c (change_file_owner): Likewise, but here, also + handle the case in which a traversal would go "through" a symlink + to root. Reported by Matthew M. Boedicker + * tests/chown/preserve-root: Test for the above. + * tests/chown/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add preserve-root. + * NEWS: Mention the chmod fix induced by the 2006-12-11 change to gnulib's m4/openat.m4. -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2