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Date:      Sun, 2 May 2010 13:38:08 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Jilles Tjoelker <jilles@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-7@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r207509 - stable/7/bin/ln
Message-ID:  <201005021338.o42Dc8rt073373@svn.freebsd.org>

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Author: jilles
Date: Sun May  2 13:38:08 2010
New Revision: 207509
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/207509

Log:
  MFC r207188: symlink(7): The ownership of symlinks is used by the system,
  in at least three ways, so do not say it is ignored:
  * who may delete/rename a symlink in a sticky directory
  * who may do lchflags(2)/lchown(2)/lchmod(2)
  * whose inode quota is charged

Modified:
  stable/7/bin/ln/symlink.7
Directory Properties:
  stable/7/bin/ln/   (props changed)

Modified: stable/7/bin/ln/symlink.7
==============================================================================
--- stable/7/bin/ln/symlink.7	Sun May  2 13:36:23 2010	(r207508)
+++ stable/7/bin/ln/symlink.7	Sun May  2 13:38:08 2010	(r207509)
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 .\"	@(#)symlink.7	8.3 (Berkeley) 3/31/94
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd March 31, 1994
+.Dd April 25, 2010
 .Dt SYMLINK 7
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ an existing symbolic link can be changed
 and
 .Xr lutimes 2
 system calls, respectively.
-Of these, only the flags are used by the system;
-the access permissions and ownership are ignored.
+Of these, only the flags and ownership are used by the system;
+the access permissions are ignored.
 .Pp
 The
 .Bx 4.4



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