The man page says: > Whether other mode bits are honored for the created directory depends > on the operating system. For Linux, see VERSIONS below. Since the commit 4131356cd ("man*/, man-pages.7: VERSIONS, STANDARDS, HISTORY: Reorganize sections"), the discussion about permission inheritance is in VERSIONS. Fixes: 4131356cd ("man*/, man-pages.7: VERSIONS, STANDARDS, HISTORY: Reorganize sections") Signed-off-by: Kir Kolyshkin <kolyshkin@xxxxxxxxx> --- man/man2/mkdir.2 | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man/man2/mkdir.2 b/man/man2/mkdir.2 index 1d9cddbe6..3e56475c3 100644 --- a/man/man2/mkdir.2 +++ b/man/man2/mkdir.2 @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ .SH DESCRIPTION Whether other .I mode bits are honored for the created directory depends on the operating system. -For Linux, see NOTES below. +For Linux, see VERSIONS below. .P The newly created directory will be owned by the effective user ID of the process. -- 2.45.2