On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 7:43 AM, Ted Unangst <t...@tedunangst.com> wrote: > On Tue, May 07, 2013 at 22:06, f5b wrote: >> Should chmod(1) "Absolute modes" section rewrite, adding some text as >> follows? >> >> Value Permission Directory Listing >> 0 No read, no write, no execute --- >> 1 No read, no write, execute --x >> 2 No read, write, no execute -w- >> 3 No read, write, execute -wx >> 4 Read, no write, no execute r-- >> 5 Read, no write, execute r-x >> 6 Read, write, no execute rw- >> 7 Read, write, execute rwx >> >> From >> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/permissions.html > > It's important to keep the man page ordering that differentiates 700 > from 007. Although there's no reason for the man to list the 7 modes > as is, since those are constructed by ORing other values. > I think a combination would be clear: > 1. Keep existing section, but removing 7 modes. > 2. Add a table like the above after it.
what problem is this change solving? --patrick
