[Bug 15446] sysctl(2) can return EACCES without sufficient permissions

[Bug 15446] sysctl(2) can return EACCES without sufficient permissions

[bugzilla-daemon-590EEB7GvNiWaY/ihj7yzEB+6BGkLq7r]

http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15446


Garrett Cooper <yaneurabeya-/E1597aS9LQAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> changed:

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           Severity|normal                      |low




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[Bug 15446] sysctl(2) can return EACCES without sufficient permissions

[bugzilla-daemon-590EEB7GvNiWaY/ihj7yzEB+6BGkLq7r]

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15446





--- Comment #1 from Garrett Cooper <yaneurabeya-/E1597aS9LQAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>  2010-08-17 06:57:57 ---
Would someone please look into patching the manpage for this requirement?

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[Bug 15446] sysctl(2) can return EACCES without sufficient permissions

[bugzilla-daemon-590EEB7GvNiWaY/ihj7yzEB+6BGkLq7r]

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15446


Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> changed:

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                 CC|                            |mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org




--- Comment #2 from Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>  2010-08-31 04:52:32 ---
(In reply to comment #1)
> Would someone please look into patching the manpage for this requirement?

Garret, could you provide a pointer to the discussion that you mentioned in the
report?

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[Bug 15446] sysctl(2) can return EACCES without sufficient permissions

[bugzilla-daemon-590EEB7GvNiWaY/ihj7yzEB+6BGkLq7r]

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15446


Garrett Cooper <yanegomi-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> changed:

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--- Comment #3 from Garrett Cooper <yanegomi-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>  2011-01-14 23:18:44 ---
Sorry -- I canceled my Yahoo email account. Here's a link to this discussion:
https://lkml.org/lkml/2010/3/4/309 .

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[Bug 15446] sysctl(2) can return EACCES without sufficient permissions

[bugzilla-daemon-590EEB7GvNiWaY/ihj7yzEB+6BGkLq7r]

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15446


Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> changed:

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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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[Bug 15446] sysctl(2) can return EACCES without sufficient permissions

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https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15446





--- Comment #5 from Garrett Cooper <yanegomi-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>  2012-12-21 20:31:19 ---
LGTM. Thanks!

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