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Diffstat (limited to 'bin/chmod/chmod.1')
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1 files changed, 18 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/bin/chmod/chmod.1 b/bin/chmod/chmod.1 index b131fe5577d..d1920158eb2 100644 --- a/bin/chmod/chmod.1 +++ b/bin/chmod/chmod.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: chmod.1,v 1.11 1999/05/16 19:54:36 alex Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: chmod.1,v 1.12 1999/05/30 17:44:55 aaron Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: chmod.1,v 1.8 1995/03/21 09:02:07 cgd Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994 @@ -144,7 +144,6 @@ execute permission is needed on and, of course, the .Pa ls binary itself. - .Pp The symbolic mode is described by the following grammar: .Bd -literal -offset indent @@ -160,23 +159,23 @@ perm ::= r | s | t | w | x | X | u | g | o The .Ar who symbols -.Dq u , -.Dq g , +.Sq u , +.Sq g , and -.Dq o +.Sq o specify the user, group, and other parts of the mode bits, respectively. The .Ar who symbol -.Dq a +.Sq a is equivalent to -.Dq ugo . +.Sq ugo . Do not confuse the -.Dq o +.Sq o symbol with .Dq owner . It is the user bit, -.Dq u , +.Sq u , that refers to the owner of the file. .Pp .ne 1i @@ -201,11 +200,11 @@ execute/search bits are set in the original (unmodified) mode. Operations with the .Ar perm symbol -.Dq X +.Sq X are only meaningful in conjunction with the .Ar op symbol -.Dq + , +.Sq + , and are ignored in all other cases. .It u The user permission bits in the mode of the original file. @@ -223,7 +222,7 @@ symbols represent the operation performed, as follows: If no value is supplied for .Ar perm , the -.Dq + +.Sq + operation has no effect. If no value is supplied for .Ar who , @@ -240,7 +239,7 @@ values are set. If no value is supplied for .Ar perm , the -.Dq \- +.Sq \- operation has no effect. If no value is supplied for .Ar who , @@ -280,18 +279,18 @@ bits, and each operation is applied to the mode bits in the order specified. .Pp Operations upon the other permissions only (specified by the symbol -.Dq o +.Sq o by itself), in combination with the .Ar perm symbols -.Dq s +.Sq s or -.Dq t , +.Sq t , are ignored. .Pp Care must be taken when granting elevated privileges to a program through the set-user-ID (suid) and set-group-ID (sgid) bits. Do not apply -.Dq s +.Sq s bits to executables you do not trust. Indeed, the source code which makes up the suid/sgid binaries shipped with .Bx Open @@ -343,9 +342,9 @@ utility is expected to be compatible with the exception of the .Ar perm symbols -.Dq t +.Sq t and -.Dq X +.Sq X which are not included in that standard. .Sh BUGS There's no |