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bug#39236: [musl] coreutils cp mishandles error return from lchmod
From: |
Florian Weimer |
Subject: |
bug#39236: [musl] coreutils cp mishandles error return from lchmod |
Date: |
Wed, 22 Jan 2020 22:05:52 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (gnu/linux) |
* Rich Felker:
> On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 09:48:14PM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote:
>> * Rich Felker:
>>
>> >> Hmm. The way I read the musl code, the O_PATH descriptor already
>> >> exists. At this point, you can just chmod the O_PATH descriptor, and
>> >> have the kernel report EOPNOTSUPP if the file system does not support
>> >> that.
>> >
>> > Oh, you mean the second one after it's already open? Maybe that's ok.
>>
>> Yes, that's what I meant.
>>
>> > I was concerned it might follow the link and chmod the target at that
>> > point.
>>
>> In my tests, it works. I think it's also documented behavior for chown
>> on these pseudo-files.
>
> Do you know where we might find that documentation?
Ugh. I'm probably misremembering. It may have been a rejection of
patch to implement another f*at system call with AT_EMPTY_PATH support.
(I did find your 2013 message describing the chmod and chown behavior.)
Thanks,
Florian
- bug#39236: [musl] coreutils cp mishandles error return from lchmod, (continued)
- bug#39236: [musl] coreutils cp mishandles error return from lchmod, Florian Weimer, 2020/01/22
- bug#39236: [musl] coreutils cp mishandles error return from lchmod, Rich Felker, 2020/01/22
- bug#39236: [musl] coreutils cp mishandles error return from lchmod, Florian Weimer, 2020/01/22
- bug#39236: [musl] coreutils cp mishandles error return from lchmod, Rich Felker, 2020/01/22
- bug#39236: [musl] coreutils cp mishandles error return from lchmod, Florian Weimer, 2020/01/22
- bug#39236: [musl] coreutils cp mishandles error return from lchmod, Rich Felker, 2020/01/22
- bug#39236: [musl] coreutils cp mishandles error return from lchmod, Florian Weimer, 2020/01/22
- bug#39236: [musl] coreutils cp mishandles error return from lchmod, Rich Felker, 2020/01/22
- bug#39236: [musl] coreutils cp mishandles error return from lchmod, Florian Weimer, 2020/01/22
- bug#39236: [musl] coreutils cp mishandles error return from lchmod, Rich Felker, 2020/01/22
- bug#39236: [musl] coreutils cp mishandles error return from lchmod,
Florian Weimer <=
- bug#39236: [musl] coreutils cp mishandles error return from lchmod, Paul Eggert, 2020/01/22
- bug#39236: [musl] coreutils cp mishandles error return from lchmod, Rich Felker, 2020/01/22