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Add cross-references to Directory Setuid and Setgid.
(install-invocation): The default mode is no longer equivalent to 755.
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Paul Eggert
2006-07-28 07:20:28 +00:00
parent 667f225c08
commit 82e0ce4d8b
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@@ -7260,7 +7260,8 @@ If the @option{--directory} (@option{-d}) option is given,
@command{install} creates each @var{directory} and any missing parent
directories. Parent directories are created with mode
@samp{u=rwx,go=rx} (755), regardless of the @option{-m} option or the
current umask.
current umask. @xref{Directory Setuid and Setgid}, for how the
set-user-ID and set-group-ID bits of parent directories are inherited.
@end itemize
@cindex Makefiles, installing programs in
@@ -7308,9 +7309,12 @@ Set the file mode bits for the installed file or directory to @var{mode},
which can be either an octal number, or a symbolic mode as in
@command{chmod}, with @samp{a=} (no access allowed to anyone) as the
point of departure (@pxref{File permissions}).
The default mode is @samp{u=rwx,go=rx,a-s} (0755)---read, write, and
The default mode is @samp{u=rwx,go=rx,a-s}---read, write, and
execute for the owner, read and execute for group and other, and with
set-user-ID and set-group-ID disabled.
This default is not quite the same as @samp{755}, since it disables
instead of preserving set-user-ID and set-group-ID on directories.
@xref{Directory Setuid and Setgid}.
@item -o @var{owner}
@itemx --owner=@var{owner}
@@ -8102,7 +8106,9 @@ Normally the directory has the desired file mode bits at the moment it
is created. As a @acronym{GNU} extension, @var{mode} may also mention
special mode bits, but in this case there may be a temporary window
during which the directory exists but its special mode bits are
incorrect.
incorrect. @xref{Directory Setuid and Setgid}, for how the
set-user-ID and set-group-ID bits of directories are inherited unless
overridden in this way.
@item -p
@itemx --parents
@@ -8111,6 +8117,8 @@ incorrect.
@cindex parent directories, creating
Make any missing parent directories for each argument. The file permission
bits of parent directories are set to the umask modified by @samp{u+wx}.
@xref{Directory Setuid and Setgid}, for how the set-user-ID and
set-group-ID bits of parent directories are inherited.
Ignore arguments corresponding to existing directories, and do not
change their file mode bits.