Your message dated Sat, 15 Sep 2007 13:48:42 -0400
with message-id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
and subject line chmod man page misdescribes sticky bit
has caused the attached Bug report to be marked as done.
This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with.
If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the
Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith.
(NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what I am
talking about this indicates a serious mail system misconfiguration
somewhere. Please contact me immediately.)
Debian bug tracking system administrator
(administrator, Debian Bugs database)
--- Begin Message ---
Package: coreutils
Version: 5.96-5
Tags: patch
An Ubuntu user reported[1] that the manpage for chmod isn't quite
correct about the meaning of the sticky bit. We have applied the
change below to our coreutils package, as
debian/patches/98_fix_chmod_manpage.
Our apologies for not passing this report on to you earlier.
Thanks,
Ian.
[1] https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/coreutils/+bug/24896
diff -ruN coreutils-5.93-old/man/chmod.x coreutils-5.93/man/chmod.x
--- coreutils-5.93-old/man/chmod.x 2001-10-20 16:41:23.000000000 +0200
+++ coreutils-5.93/man/chmod.x 2005-12-07 17:59:33.000000000 +0100
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@
On some systems, only the superuser can set the sticky bit on files.
.SH STICKY DIRECTORIES
When the sticky bit is set on a directory, files in that directory may
-be unlinked or renamed only by root or their owner. Without the
-sticky bit, anyone able to write to the directory can delete or rename
-files. The sticky bit is commonly found on directories, such as /tmp,
-that are world-writable.
+be unlinked or renamed only by the directory owner as well as by root
+or the file owner. Without the sticky bit, anyone able to write to the
+directory can delete or rename files. The sticky bit is commonly found
+on directories, such as /tmp, that are world-writable.
.SH OPTIONS
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
Version: 6.10~0
Enjoy.
--
Michael Stone
--- End Message ---
