On Sat, May 27, 2017 at 10:58:40PM +0100, Jason McIntyre wrote:
> On Sat, May 27, 2017 at 11:45:43PM +0200, Adam Wolk wrote:
> > Index: chown.8
> > ===
> > RCS file: /cvs/src/bin/chmod/chown.8,v
> > retrieving revision 1.20
> > diff
On Sat, May 27, 2017 at 11:45:43PM +0200, Adam Wolk wrote:
> Index: chown.8
> ===
> RCS file: /cvs/src/bin/chmod/chown.8,v
> retrieving revision 1.20
> diff -u -p -r1.20 chown.8
> --- chown.8 31 Dec 2015 23:38:16 - 1.20
>
On Sat, May 27, 2017 at 11:01:29PM +0200, Adam Wolk wrote:
> On Sat, May 27, 2017 at 01:42:45PM -0600, Theo de Raadt wrote:
> > I agree with you. Maybe change the comment
> >
> > /* UID and GID are separated by a dot and UID exists. */
> >
> > to say a bit more on the matter, to
On Sat, May 27, 2017 at 01:42:45PM -0600, Theo de Raadt wrote:
> I agree with you. Maybe change the comment
>
> /* UID and GID are separated by a dot and UID exists. */
>
> to say a bit more on the matter, to prevent a zealot from arriving 2-3
> years from now and proposing
I agree with you. Maybe change the comment
/* UID and GID are separated by a dot and UID exists. */
to say a bit more on the matter, to prevent a zealot from arriving 2-3
years from now and proposing removal. Just a few words to hint . support
will stay forever.
It seems the
Hi tech@,
I stumbled on SUPPORT_DOT while reading /usr/src/bin/chmod.c, got curious
and started doing some research.
POSIX changed the separator from . to : to make the utility properly work with
usernames containing a dot. The standard doesn't forbid keeping the dot handling
for backwards
