Re: chmod changing ctime even if no mode change

[Bernhard Voelker]

Hi Padraig,

On 10/13/2013 07:11 PM, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> On 10/13/2013 01:43 PM, Bernhard Voelker wrote:
>> In a new openSUSE bug [1], a user complains that chmod changes a
>> file's change status timestamp although chmod did not have to change
>> any of the permission bits, e.g.
>>
>>   $ touch test
>>   $ chmod 700 test
>>   $ stat test
>>   $ chmod 700 test
>>   $ stat test

> This is a tricky one, previously discussed at:
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2010-01/msg00303.html

hmm, the only instance to know whether there would be side
effects with ACLs etc. is the kernel. And it's also the kernel
who is marking the change status timestamp implicitly.
Shouldn't this issue be handled there then?

Have a nice day,
Berny