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Re: rm shouldn't need to read the current working directory
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Eric Blake |
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Re: rm shouldn't need to read the current working directory |
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Tue, 16 Jan 2007 07:24:50 -0700 |
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According to David Cantrell on 1/16/2007 7:19 AM:
> # cd some-place-only-root-can-read
> # sudo -u peon rm /some/file/the/peon/has/permission/to/rm
> rm: cannot lstat `.': Permission denied
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> Looks like a bug to me! This was using:
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> rm (fileutils) 4.1
Time for an upgrade! fileutils was consumed by coreutils, and this bug no
longer exists in coreutils 6.7 (the latest stable version), at least, if
your system supports openat(2) or /proc/self/fd/.
- --
Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!
Eric Blake address@hidden
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