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To: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [Bug 60676] Stat system call gives permission denied to root for links under a sticky bit
Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2013 18:19:08 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <bug-60676-13602-ZFF2nCjOZw@https.bugzilla.kernel.org/> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <bug-60676-13602@https.bugzilla.kernel.org/>
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60676
--- Comment #2 from James Kolb <jck@videk.com> ---
The stat command (stat(1)) works on the link itself (but you can't go further
down the filesystem hierarchy).
So, in my previous example, calling "stat /tmp/testlink" and "stat
/tmp/testdir/testfile" both work, but "stat /tmp/testlink/testfile" gives a
permission error if you are root:
> stat: cannot stat `/tmp/testlink/testfile': Permission denied
The glibc stat function (stat(2)) does not even work on the link itself.
I'm not using SELinux.
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Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-08-01 15:02 [Bug 60676] New: Stat system call gives permission denied to root for links under a sticky bit bugzilla-daemon
2013-08-01 15:55 ` [Bug 60676] " bugzilla-daemon
2013-08-01 18:19 ` bugzilla-daemon [this message]
2013-08-01 18:21 ` [Bug 60676] New: " Christoph Hellwig
2013-08-02 0:44 ` Theodore Ts'o
2013-08-02 0:44 ` [Bug 60676] " bugzilla-daemon
2013-08-02 3:16 ` jon ernst
2013-08-02 14:34 ` bugzilla-daemon
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