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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2018-11-04 17:28:24 +0100
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2018-11-04 17:28:24 +0100
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downloadman-pages-c020b5a217b2941ce5d6d179f28e782c99aa9ad2.tar.gz
msgctl.2, semctl.2, shmctl.2: Some small wording improvements for Davidlohr Bueso's patch
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/man2/msgctl.2 b/man2/msgctl.2
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@@ -233,12 +233,13 @@ Return a
.I msqid_ds
structure as for
.BR MSG_STAT .
-However, the
+However,
.I msg_perm.mode
is not checked for read access for
-.IR msqid ,
-resembing the behaviour of
-.IR /proc/sysvipc/msg .
+.IR msqid
+meaning that any user can employ this operation (just as any user may read
+.IR /proc/sysvipc/msg
+to obtain the same information).
.SH RETURN VALUE
On success,
.BR IPC_STAT ,