Hello, You are right. To be exact, it's the same as "chmod a=,-s,+rwX FILES" (to handle directories SGID and SUID also). Then, these patchs are not usefull, but yes, a few lines more - with this example - in documentation would help some guys like me.
Thanks, Julien Le 19 mars 2012 15:56, Paul Eggert <[email protected]> a écrit : > Isn't the proposed "chmod --umask FILES" almost the > same as "chmod a=,+rwX FILES"? If so, perhaps all we need > to do is to update the documentation to mention this > already-standardized solution to a common problem. >
