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Date:      Thu, 14 May 1998 06:17:41 -0700 (PDT)
From:      josh@quick.net
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   docs/6634: chmod(1): reword absolute mode
Message-ID:  <199805141317.GAA20598@newport-1-12.quick.net>

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>Number:         6634
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       chmod(1): reword absolute mode
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu May 14 06:20:01 PDT 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Josh Gilliam
>Organization:
>Release:        FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386
>Environment:

src/bin/chmod/chmod.1	1.9

>Description:

reword absolute mode

>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:

--- src/bin/chmod/chmod.1~	Sat May  9 01:45:39 1998
+++ src/bin/chmod/chmod.1	Thu May 14 05:53:48 1998
@@ -103,9 +103,8 @@
 utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
 .Sh MODES
 Modes may be absolute or symbolic.
-An absolute mode is an octal number constructed by
-.Ar or-ing
-the following values:
+An absolute mode is an octal number constructed from the sum of
+one or more of the following values:
 .Pp
 .Bl -tag -width 6n -compact -offset indent
 .It Li 4000
@@ -123,15 +122,24 @@
 .It Li 0200
 write by owner
 .It Li 0100
-execute (or search for directories) by owner
-.It Li 0070
-read, write, execute/search by group
-.It Li 0007
-read, write, execute/search by others
+execute (or search in directory) by owner
+.It Li 0040
+read by group
+.It Li 0020
+write by group
+.It Li 0010
+execute (search) by group
+.It Li 0004
+read by others
+.It Li 0002
+write by others
+.It Li 0001
+execute (search) by others
 .El
 .Pp
-The read, write, and execute/search values for group and others
-are encoded as described for owner.
+For example, the absolute mode that permits read, write, and
+execute by owner, read and execute by group, and read and
+execute by others is 755 (400+200+100+40+10+4+1).
 .Pp
 The symbolic mode is described by the following grammar:
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:

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