Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 14:47:22 +0000 From: George Reid <greid@FreeBSD.org> To: Anthony Atkielski <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Modifying only certain bits with chmod Message-ID: <20011203144722.A19484@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <007a01c17c08$fd7f1030$0a00000a@atkielski.com>; from anthony@freebie.atkielski.com on Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 03:44:18PM %2B0100 References: <007a01c17c08$fd7f1030$0a00000a@atkielski.com>
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On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 03:44:18PM +0100, Anthony Atkielski wrote: > Am I missing something, or is there no way to set or reset only certain > permission bits--while leaving the others unchanged--using chmod with the octal > permissions field? If chmod doesn't allow this, is there any other similar > command that does? As chmod(1) says, modes are specified in symbolic or absolute (octal) form. -- George C A Reid Tel: (08701) 200870 Ext. 26654 FreeBSD Committer/Developer greid@FreeBSD.org Oriel College, Oxford University george.reid@oriel.ox.ac.uk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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