GNU bug report logs - #25223
chmod +w does not work

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Eugen Dedu <eugen.dedu <at> univ-fcomte.fr>

Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2016 17:23:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 25223 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Eugen Dedu <eugen.dedu <at> univ-fcomte.fr>, Pádraig Brady
 <P <at> draigBrady.com>, 25223 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#25223: chmod +w does not work
Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2016 11:15:21 -0800

Eugen Dedu wrote:
> Is there a rationale for this, i.e. chmod to use umask?

It's specified by POSIX. I expect the idea was to make it a bit harder to grant 
permissions that the user didn't intend.
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