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To: linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: [Bug 15446] sysctl(2) can return EACCES without sufficient permissions
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 18:23:21 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121221182321.8909211FBAA@bugzilla.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <bug-15446-11311-3bo0kxnWaOQUvHkbgXJLS5sdmw4N0Rt+2LY78lusg7I@public.gmane.org/>
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15446
Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> changed:
What |Removed |Added
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Status|ASSIGNED |RESOLVED
Resolution| |CODE_FIX
--- Comment #4 from Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> 2012-12-21 18:23:21 ---
Garrett, I've applied a different patch from what you suggest, essentially just
making EACCES a synonym of EPERM.
index bb2d9a5..b1772d5 100644
--- a/man2/sysctl.2
+++ b/man2/sysctl.2
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ Otherwise, a value of \-1 is returned and
is set to indicate the error.
.SH ERRORS
.TP
+.TP
.B EFAULT
The invocation asked for the previous value by setting
.I oldval
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ non-NULL, but allowed zero room in
.I name
was not found.
.TP
-.B EPERM
+.BR EACCES ", " EPERM
No search permission for one of the encountered "directories",
or no read permission where
.I oldval
lines 1-21/21 (END)
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2010-08-17 6:58 ` [Bug 15446] sysctl(2) can return EACCES without sufficient permissions bugzilla-daemon-590EEB7GvNiWaY/ihj7yzEB+6BGkLq7r
2010-08-31 4:52 ` bugzilla-daemon-590EEB7GvNiWaY/ihj7yzEB+6BGkLq7r
2011-01-14 23:18 ` bugzilla-daemon-590EEB7GvNiWaY/ihj7yzEB+6BGkLq7r
2012-12-21 18:23 ` bugzilla-daemon-590EEB7GvNiWaY/ihj7yzEB+6BGkLq7r [this message]
2012-12-21 20:31 ` bugzilla-daemon-590EEB7GvNiWaY/ihj7yzEB+6BGkLq7r
2010-03-05 7:37 [Bug 15446] New: " bugzilla-daemon-590EEB7GvNiWaY/ihj7yzEB+6BGkLq7r
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