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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/chown/chown.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/chown/chown.8 | 28 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/chown/chown.8 b/usr.sbin/chown/chown.8 index fbf8fac784d..ebc9d6be82c 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/chown/chown.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/chown/chown.8 @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: chown.8,v 1.2 1997/01/26 05:54:28 downsj Exp $ +.\" .\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994 .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. .\" @@ -30,11 +32,10 @@ .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" from: @(#)chown.8 8.3 (Berkeley) 3/31/94 -.\" $Id: chown.8,v 1.1 1995/10/18 08:47:29 deraadt Exp $ .\" -.Dd March 31, 1994 +.Dd January 25, 1997 .Dt CHOWN 8 -.Os BSD 4 +.Os .Sh NAME .Nm chown .Nd change file owner and group @@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ .Op Fl H | Fl L | Fl P .Oc .Op Fl f +.Op Fl h .Ar owner Op Ar :group .Ar file ... .Nm chown @@ -53,6 +55,7 @@ .Op Fl H | Fl L | Fl P .Oc .Op Fl f +.Op Fl h .Ar :group .Ar file ... .Sh DESCRIPTION @@ -80,15 +83,14 @@ in the files instead of just the files themselves. .It Fl f Don't report any failure to change file owner or group, nor modify the exit status to reflect such failures. +.It Fl h +Change the user ID and/or the group ID on symbolic links. The +.Fl R +and +.Fl h +options are mutually exclusive. .El .Pp -Symbolic links don't have owners, so unless the -.Fl H -or -.Fl L -option is set, -.Nm chown -on a symbolic link always succeeds and has no effect. The .Fl H , .Fl L @@ -132,12 +134,6 @@ Previous versions of the utility used the dot (``.'') character to distinguish the group name. This has been changed to be a colon (``:'') character so that user and group names may contain the dot character. -.Pp -Previous versions of the -.Nm chown -utility changed the owner of symbolic links specified on the command -line. -In this system, symbolic links do not have owners. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr chgrp 1 , .Xr find 1 , |