[haiku-bugs] Re: [Haiku] #6750: chmod is broken for non-superuser

  • From: "grahamh" <trac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 21:02:06 -0000

#6750: chmod is broken for non-superuser
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  Reporter:  grahamh           |        Owner:  axeld
      Type:  bug               |       Status:  new
  Priority:  normal            |    Milestone:  R1
 Component:  File Systems/BFS  |      Version:  R1/Development
Resolution:                    |     Keywords:  chmod, write_stat
Blocked By:                    |  Has a Patch:  0
  Platform:  All               |     Blocking:
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Comment (by grahamh):

 The change and truncate together would be stopped by the " ! (mask &
 ~ownership)" clause, which looks for any bits set that aren't related to
 chmod/chown.

 But I think your alternative CheckPermissions with the flag supplied is a
 better way.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/6750#comment:4>
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