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Re: coreutils-8.20.patch001
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Eric Blake |
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Re: coreutils-8.20.patch001 |
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Mon, 11 Feb 2013 08:12:29 -0700 |
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On 02/10/2013 11:31 AM, Alexey Potehin wrote:
> Hello people!
>
> This is path for strange behavior:
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> rm -rf chmodbug;
> mkdir chmodbug;
> chmod 2755 chmodbug;
> stat --print "%a %n\n" chmodbug;
> chmod 0755 chmodbug;
> stat --print "%a %n\n" chmodbug;
This behavior is documented. We _intentionally_ leave the sticky bit
alone, unless you request a double-leading 0 as declaration that you are
aware of the consequences of clearing the sticky bit. Our behavior is
compliant with POSIX, and we will not be changing it.
chmod 00755 chmodbug
stat --print "%a %n\n" chmodbug
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Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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