Change chattr man page to make it clear that 'i' and 'a' attributes does not affect the ability to write to already existing file descriptors Signed-off-by: Lukas Czerner <lczerner@xxxxxxxxxx> --- misc/chattr.1.in | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/misc/chattr.1.in b/misc/chattr.1.in index fba9cea..028ae9e 100644 --- a/misc/chattr.1.in +++ b/misc/chattr.1.in @@ -121,9 +121,9 @@ although it can be displayed by .PP A file with the 'i' attribute cannot be modified: it cannot be deleted or renamed, no link can be created to this file, most of the file's -metadata can not be modified, and no data can be written -to the file. Only the superuser or a process possessing the -CAP_LINUX_IMMUTABLE capability can set or clear this attribute. +metadata can not be modified, and the file can not be opened in write mode. +Only the superuser or a process possessing the CAP_LINUX_IMMUTABLE +capability can set or clear this attribute. .PP The 'I' attribute is used by the htree code to indicate that a directory is being indexed using hashed trees. It may not be set or reset using @@ -191,6 +191,8 @@ maintained by Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxxxxxxx>. The 'c', 's', and 'u' attributes are not honored by the ext2, ext3, and ext4 filesystems as implemented in the current mainline Linux kernels. +Setting 'a' and 'i' attributes will not affect the ability to write +to already existing file descriptors. .PP The 'j' option is only useful for ext3 and ext4 file systems. .PP -- 2.7.5
