From cb30dc5538cbeb64714189635bd4e2de55b6e9b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Rhodes Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:39:00 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Note the implication of setting the 'w' permission on directories, while here, expand the 'naughty bits' comment in BUGS. PR: 84265 and 84268 Reviewed by: keramida Obtained from: hints from ceri, keramida --- bin/chmod/chmod.1 | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/bin/chmod/chmod.1 b/bin/chmod/chmod.1 index 37d64bb008bd..c55091fb5f78 100644 --- a/bin/chmod/chmod.1 +++ b/bin/chmod/chmod.1 @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ .\" @(#)chmod.1 8.4 (Berkeley) 3/31/94 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd December 22, 2006 +.Dd January 23, 2009 .Dt CHMOD 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -281,6 +281,10 @@ Operations upon the other permissions only (specified by the symbol ``o'' by itself), in combination with the .Ar perm symbols ``s'' or ``t'', are ignored. +.Pp +The ``w'' permission on directories will permit file creation, relocation, +and copy into that directory. +Files created within the directory itself will inherit its group ID. .Sh EXAMPLES .Bl -tag -width "u=rwx,go=u-w" -compact .It Li 644 @@ -343,4 +347,5 @@ command appeared in .Sh BUGS There is no .Ar perm -option for the naughty bits. +option for the naughty bits which are ``S'' and +``T'' respectively.