config: only skip "invalid sticky" tests for non-root users

[safcm/safcm.git] / README.adoc

diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
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@@ -111,6 +111,12 @@ future, others are due to the design of safcm.
   result is similar -- but not identical -- to quoted strings in regular shell
   scripts which can be confusing.
 
+- Permissions of symlinks are ignored on BSD systems. They are always shown to
+  have `0777` as permissions even though the current umask controls the actual
+  permissions when creating new symlinks. Existing symlinks with different
+  permissions are not updated. Most BSDs ignore the permissions when following
+  symlinks which should reduce the impact of this limitation.
+
 
 == Requirements
 
@@ -125,8 +131,11 @@ future, others are due to the design of safcm.
 
 - *remote hosts*:
   * Go support for architecture and operating system
-  * GNU/Linux with common commands (`stat`, `sha512sum`, `cat`, `rm`, `ln`,
-    `chmod`)
+  * Supported operating system:
+    ** GNU/Linux with common commands (`uname`, `id`, `stat`, `sha512sum`,
+       `cat`, `mktemp`, `rm`, `ln`, `chmod`)
+    ** FreeBSD (same commands, but uses `sha512`)
+    ** OpenBSD (same commands, but uses `sha512`)
   * SSH server
   * to install packages:
     ** `apt-get` (Debian or derivative)