From: Yukihiro Matsumoto Date: 2008-09-07T06:21:32+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:18473] [Bug #473](Rejected) File.chmod does not validate the permission attribute Issue #473 has been updated by Yukihiro Matsumoto. Status changed from Open to Rejected Assigned to set to Yukihiro Matsumoto As Nobu stated, it's not a bug, and we have no reason to check numbers before invoking system calls. ---------------------------------------- http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/473 ---------------------------------------- http://redmine.ruby-lang.org