Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2001 19:53:17 +0100 (CET) From: mkamm@gmx.net To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: docs/25016: symlink(7) manpage says symlinks have no owners Message-ID: <200102101853.f1AIrHF12064@homebox.kammerhofer.org>
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>Number: 25016 >Category: docs >Synopsis: symlink(7) manpage says symlinks have no owners >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Feb 11 14:50:02 PST 2001 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Martin Kammerhofer >Release: FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE i386 >Organization: Universität Graz >Environment: >Description: I quote output from "man 7 symlink": ### For example, the command ``chown -R user slink directory'' will ignore ### ``slink'', because symbolic links in this system do not have owners. This is obsolete. Symlinks do have owners nowadays. >How-To-Repeat: man 7 symlink >Fix: Index: symlink.7 =================================================================== RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/bin/ln/symlink.7,v retrieving revision 1.17 diff -u -r1.17 symlink.7 --- symlink.7 2001/01/24 23:49:59 1.17 +++ symlink.7 2001/02/10 14:48:41 @@ -268,10 +268,10 @@ themselves, but otherwise the links are ignored. .Pp For example, the command -.Dq Li "chown -R user slink directory" +.Dq Li "chmod -R 0123 slink directory" will ignore .Dq Li slink , -because symbolic links in this system do not have owners. +because symbolic links in this system do not have permissions. Any symbolic links encountered during the tree traversal will also be ignored. The command >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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