From: Anonymous Date: 2008-08-23T04:35:50+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:18369] [Bug #473] File.chmod does not validate the permission attribute Bug #473: File.chmod does not validate the permission attribute http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/473 Author: Anonymous Status: Open, Priority: Normal On linux systems you can write: File.chmod( 999999, 'test.txt' ) and no exception is thrown ---------------------------------------- http://redmine.ruby-lang.org