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

Steve Graegert

2004-10-22, 5:53 pm

Rich Teer wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Oct 2004, Kenny McCormack wrote:
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> 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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I don't agree to that. You can either use the command

% chmod 2644 file

or

% chmod u+rw,g+s

The result is the same.

\Steve