Unix Programming - Re: chmod: Why must "g+s" be specified symbolically (at least in

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Re: chmod: Why must "g+s" be specified symbolically (at least in

Rich Teer

2004-10-22, 5:53 pm

On Fri, 22 Oct 2004, Kenny McCormack wrote:

> Questions
> 1) Why is this?

IIRC, it was done to help prevent finger trouble. I.e., you have
to go that extra step if you want to change permission AND set
the SGID bit.

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