GNU bug report logs - #43162
chgrp clears setgid even when group is not changed

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Karl Berry <karl <at> freefriends.org>

Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2020 21:26:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Karl Berry <karl <at> freefriends.org>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: chgrp clears setgid even when group is not changed
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2020 15:25:45 -0600

Is it necessary for chgrp to clear setgid on directories even when the
group is not actually changed? In my life at least, it is rather
annoying. --thanks, karl.

$ mkdir foo
$ chmod g+s foo
$ ls -ld foo
drwxrwsr-x 2 karl root 6 Sep  1 10:36 foo/
$ chgrp root foo
$ ls -ld foo
drwxrwxr-x 2 karl root 6 Sep  1 10:36 foo/
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