Module Name: src
Committed By: dholland
Date: Sun Mar 4 00:07:44 UTC 2012
Modified Files:
src/lib/libc/sys: chmod.2
Log Message:
Clarify description of sticky bit, based on a 3-year-old suggestion by
Hubert Feyrer.
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.38 -r1.39 src/lib/libc/sys/chmod.2
Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
copyright notices on the relevant files.
Modified files:
Index: src/lib/libc/sys/chmod.2
diff -u src/lib/libc/sys/chmod.2:1.38 src/lib/libc/sys/chmod.2:1.39
--- src/lib/libc/sys/chmod.2:1.38 Wed Oct 12 22:46:36 2011
+++ src/lib/libc/sys/chmod.2 Sun Mar 4 00:07:44 2012
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: chmod.2,v 1.38 2011/10/12 22:46:36 christos Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: chmod.2,v 1.39 2012/03/04 00:07:44 dholland Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)chmod.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
.\"
-.Dd October 11, 2011
+.Dd March 3, 2012
.Dt CHMOD 2
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -108,7 +108,8 @@ The mode
.Dv ISVTX
(the
.Sq sticky bit )
-can be set on a regular file by the super-user, but has no effect.
+can be set on regular files, but has no effect.
+For historical reasons this can be done only by the super-user.
.Pp
If mode
.Dv ISVTX
