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Clarify meaning of "BSD group semantics".

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Michael Kerrisk 2008-05-13 12:42:43 +00:00
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.\" You may distribute it under the terms of the GNU General
.\" Public License. It comes with NO WARRANTY.
.\"
.TH MKDIR 2 2003-12-09 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.TH MKDIR 2 2008-05-13 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
mkdir \- create a directory
.SH SYNOPSIS
@ -35,8 +35,11 @@ For Linux, see below.
The newly created directory will be owned by the effective user ID of the
process.
If the directory containing the file has the set-group-ID
bit set, or if the file system is mounted with BSD group semantics, the
new directory will inherit the group ownership from its parent;
bit set, or if the file system is mounted with BSD group semantics
.RI ( "mount -o bsdgroups"
or, synonymously
.IR "mount -o grpid" ),
the new directory will inherit the group ownership from its parent;
otherwise it will be owned by the effective group ID of the process.
If the parent directory has the set-group-ID bit set then so will the