GNU bug report logs - #23853
chmod can unset sticky bits using octet format

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: westlake <westlake2012 <at> videotron.ca>

Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2016 02:31:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>
To: 23853 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#23853: chmod can unset sticky bits using octet format
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2018 00:14:33 -0600

close 23853
stop

(triaging old bugs)

On 2016-06-27 8:13 a.m., Eric Blake wrote:
> On 06/26/2016 06:56 PM, westlake wrote:
>>
>> contrary to documentation, chmod can otherwise clear sticky bits using
>> the octet notation but by using a 5th octal
[...]
> The behavior of the 5th octal to intentionally specify that the
> otherwise leading 0 is intended to clear sticky bits is intentional, so
> the only bug here is in the documentation for not making the intended
> behavior more obvious.

With no further comments in 2 years,
I'm closing this bug.
Discussion can continue by replying to this thread.

-assaf
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