Re: cp failure to NetApp directory with CIFS security model

[Clarence Donath]

On Thu, 2007-11-01 at 15:31 +0100, Jim Meyering wrote:
> A just-released security alert,
> https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0939.html
> mentioned the following:
> 
>     * A flaw was found in the CIFS file system. This could cause the umask
>     values of a process to not be honored on CIFS file systems where UNIX
>     extensions are supported. (CVE-2007-3740, Important)
> 
> cp relies heavily on how the process umask works.
> If your CIFS file system implementation is affected
> by the above-fixed bug, then that may explain the failure.


Thank you very much for investigating this.

We are opening a case with NetApp regarding this.

Best Regards,
Clarence Donath
Information Technology
www.3ds.com 

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