Jason Pepas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> I think I might have found a bug regarding the new behavior of chmod
> (regarding the preservation of setuig, setgid, etc) in coreutils-6.9.

See "Directory Setuid and Setgid" in the coreutils documentation.

> Is there any way to clear the setgid bit using octal notation?

"If you want to try to clear these bits, you must mention them
explicitly in a symbolic mode, ..."

Andreas.

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