GNU bug report logs - #8391
chmod setuid & setguid bits

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Christian <chris <at> computersalat.de>

Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:48:04 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: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Christian <chris <at> computersalat.de>
Cc: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#8391: chmod setuid & setguid bits
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 11:54:26 -0700

On 03/31/2011 11:25 AM, Christian wrote:
> and using "0755" is explicit enough, isn't it ?

Unfortunately it's not that simple, as having 0755 mean
something different from 755 would violate the principle
of least surprise.  Please see the thread starting at
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2006-07/msg00124.html>.
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