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correction for chmod(1) man page


From: Alan Iwi
Subject: correction for chmod(1) man page
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:26:37 +0000 (GMT)

The man page for chmod(1) in GNU coreutils 5.3.0 states:

    "When the sticky bit is set on a directory, files in that directory
    may be unlinked or renamed only by root or their owner."

You should add to this: "or by the owner of the directory".

Here is the corresponding bit of the man page for stat(2) on a Linux 
system:

    The `sticky' bit (S_ISVTX) on a directory means that a file in that
    directory can be renamed or deleted only by the owner of the file,
    by the owner of the directory, and by a privileged process.

Regards,
Alan





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