From 7597cfa482e42a00a69fb9577ee523762980a9a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Orlitzky Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2017 15:52:42 -0500 Subject: doc: clarify chown/chgrp --dereference defaults * doc/coreutils.texi: the documentation for the --dereference flag of chown/chgrp states that it is the default mode of operation. Document that this is only the case when operating non-recursively. CVE: CVE-2017-18018 Upstream-Status: Backport from v8.30 Signed-off-by: Michael Orlitzky Signed-off-by: Jagadeesh Krishnanjanappa --- doc/coreutils.texi | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -Naurp coreutils-8.27_org/doc/coreutils.texi coreutils-8.27/doc/coreutils.texi --- coreutils-8.27_org/doc/coreutils.texi 2018-07-22 21:09:50.128736692 -0700 +++ coreutils-8.27/doc/coreutils.texi 2018-07-22 21:12:59.972219770 -0700 @@ -10952,7 +10952,7 @@ chown -h -R --from=OLDUSER NEWUSER / @cindex symbolic links, changing owner @findex lchown Do not act on symbolic links themselves but rather on what they point to. -This is the default. +This is the default when not operating recursively. @item -h @itemx --no-dereference @@ -11082,7 +11082,7 @@ changed. @cindex symbolic links, changing owner @findex lchown Do not act on symbolic links themselves but rather on what they point to. -This is the default. +This is the default when not operating recursively. @item -h @itemx --no-dereference