Date: 02 Apr 2002 13:31:22 -0800 From: swear@blarg.net (Gary W. Swearingen) To: <trhodes@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: docs/36447: [PATCH] chown(8) Message-ID: <858z85949h.z85@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <200204020300.g32305236624@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <200204020300.g32305236624@freefall.freebsd.org>
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<trhodes@FreeBSD.ORG> writes:
> Gary, how does the following patch look? I omitted the sentence under
> the description where you asked symlink(7) be mentioned. symlink(7)
> is in the see also section, I changed the description to one that I
> feel is satisfactory, I also think that -h is good now. If anything,
> perhaps we should cut everything, including ``rather'' after the
> -h option. But its your PR.
You're probably right about the -h. So I'd make it:
-h If the file is a symbolic link, <emp>do</emp> change its user ID
and/or group ID.
(Or omit the emphasis if you'd like.)
I feel bad that the manual doesn't describe how the command treats
files named with a trailing slash, which is rather dangerous from a
security aspect, but let's leave it for another PR.
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