Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 16:51:39 -0500 From: Tom Rhodes <darklogik@pittgoth.com> To: swear@blarg.net (Gary W. Swearingen) Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: docs/36447: [PATCH] chown(8) Message-ID: <20020402165139.34eb1288.darklogik@pittgoth.com> In-Reply-To: <858z85949h.z85@localhost.localdomain> References: <200204020300.g32305236624@freefall.freebsd.org> <858z85949h.z85@localhost.localdomain>
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On 02 Apr 2002 13:31:22 -0800
swear@blarg.net (Gary W. Swearingen) wrote:
> <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.
Good idea. I read over your symlink(7) PR. That sounds like a chunk
of work to do. Carefully am I picking my PR's when it comes to manual
pages, as I have limited experiance in mdoc(7), which i'll freely
admit hehe.
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