Package: bash Version: 4.3-11+b1 Followup-For: Bug #792115 Bob,
Indeed the octal variant of the syntax negates permissions. I did not mention this, but it's a good point. It's another case where the documentation misleads users. When the documentation is corrected, Bob's point should also be taken into account. -- System Information: Debian Release: 8.1 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages bash depends on: ii base-files 8+deb8u1 ii dash 0.5.7-4+b1 ii debianutils 4.4+b1 ii libc6 2.19-18 ii libncurses5 5.9+20140913-1+b1 ii libtinfo5 5.9+20140913-1+b1 Versions of packages bash recommends: ii bash-completion 1:2.1-4 Versions of packages bash suggests: pn bash-doc <none> -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org