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| -rw-r--r-- | bin/chmod/chmod.1 | 31 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/bin/chmod/chmod.1 b/bin/chmod/chmod.1 index 2963a2a..0695e52 100644 --- a/bin/chmod/chmod.1 +++ b/bin/chmod/chmod.1 @@ -56,13 +56,22 @@ as specified by the operand. .Pp The options are as follows: -.Bl -tag -width Ds +.Bl -tag -width indent +.It Fl f +Do not display a diagnostic message if +.Nm +could not modify the mode for +.Va file , +nor modify the exit status to reflect such failures. .It Fl H If the .Fl R option is specified, symbolic links on the command line are followed. (Symbolic links encountered in the tree traversal are not followed by default.) +.It Fl h +If the file is a symbolic link, change the mode of the link itself +rather than the file that the link points to. .It Fl L If the .Fl R @@ -75,14 +84,6 @@ This is the default. .It Fl R Change the modes of the file hierarchies rooted in the files instead of just the files themselves. -.It Fl f -Do not display a diagnostic message if -.Nm -could not modify the mode for -.Va file . -.It Fl h -If the file is a symbolic link, change the mode of the link itself -rather than the file that the link points to. .It Fl v Cause .Nm @@ -115,22 +116,24 @@ one or more of the following values: .Pp .Bl -tag -width 6n -compact -offset indent .It Li 4000 -(the set-user-ID-on-execution bit) Executable files with this bit set +(the setuid bit). +Executable files with this bit set will run with effective uid set to the uid of the file owner. -Directories with the set-user-id bit set will force all files and +Directories with this bit set will force all files and sub-directories created in them to be owned by the directory owner and not by the uid of the creating process, if the underlying file system supports this feature: see .Xr chmod 2 and the -.Ar suiddir +.Cm suiddir option to .Xr mount 8 . .It Li 2000 -(the set-group-ID-on-execution bit) Executable files with this bit set +(the setgid bit). +Executable files with this bit set will run with effective gid set to the gid of the file owner. .It Li 1000 -(the sticky bit) +(the sticky bit). See .Xr chmod 2 and |
