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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/sys')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/sys/chown.2 | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/chown.2 b/lib/libc/sys/chown.2 index 9c82a88c63e..f6696f4f1c5 100644 --- a/lib/libc/sys/chown.2 +++ b/lib/libc/sys/chown.2 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: chown.2,v 1.12 2003/06/02 20:18:39 millert Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: chown.2,v 1.13 2005/03/16 20:31:08 jmc Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: chown.2,v 1.10 1995/10/12 15:40:47 jtc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993, 1994 @@ -62,10 +62,16 @@ to a group of which he or she is a member, but the change .Fa owner capability is restricted to the superuser. .Pp +By default, .Fn chown clears the set-user-ID and set-group-ID bits on the file to prevent accidental or mischievous creation of set-user-ID and set-group-ID programs. +This behaviour can be overridden by setting the +.Xr sysctl 8 +variable +.Va fs.posix.suid +to zero. .Pp .Fn lchown operates similarly to how |