# HG changeset patch
# User Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
# Date 966940418 0
# Node ID 31a21ae1de1f980b7883c813ea00c23aa6236b50
# Parent  bff0e9c38c5d9f68812cf59afc7a70f2a4b3cd06
Document backup-by-copying-when-privileged-mismatch.

diff -r bff0e9c38c5d -r 31a21ae1de1f man/files.texi
--- a/man/files.texi	Tue Aug 22 10:23:38 2000 +0000
+++ b/man/files.texi	Tue Aug 22 10:33:38 2000 +0000
@@ -606,7 +606,10 @@
 @vindex backup-by-copying
 @vindex backup-by-copying-when-linked
 @vindex backup-by-copying-when-mismatch
-  The choice of renaming or copying is controlled by three variables.
+@vindex backup-by-copying-when-privileged-mismatch
+@cindex file ownership, and backup
+@cindex backup, and user's uid
+  The choice of renaming or copying is controlled by four variables.
 Renaming is the default choice.  If the variable
 @code{backup-by-copying} is non-@code{nil}, copying is used.  Otherwise,
 if the variable @code{backup-by-copying-when-linked} is non-@code{nil},
@@ -615,7 +618,12 @@
 variable @code{backup-by-copying-when-mismatch} is non-@code{nil}, then
 copying is used if renaming would cause the file's owner or group to
 change.  @code{backup-by-copying-when-mismatch} is @code{t} by default
-if you start Emacs as the superuser.
+if you start Emacs as the superuser.  The fourth variable,
+@code{backup-by-copying-when-privileged-mismatch}, gives the highest
+numeric user id for which @code{backup-by-copying-when-mismatch} will be
+forced on.  This is useful when low-numbered uid's are assigned to
+special system users, such as @code{root}, @code{bin}, @code{daemon},
+etc., which must maintain ownership of files.
 
   When a file is managed with a version control system (@pxref{Version
 Control}), Emacs does not normally make backups in the usual way for