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Re: bash-4.2 and symlink to folder that turns to be not executable


On Aug  1 16:12, Denis Excoffier wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 01, 2011 at 02:24:25PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >>    access (/tmp/xxx/folder, W_OK) = 0
> >>    access (/tmp/xxx/folder, X_OK) = 0
> >>   eaccess (/tmp/xxx/folder, F_OK) = 0
> >>   eaccess (/tmp/xxx/folder, R_OK) = 0
> >>   eaccess (/tmp/xxx/folder, W_OK) = 0
> >>   eaccess (/tmp/xxx/folder, X_OK) = 0
> 
> Right, and me too. But if i replace in your testcase:
> eaccess(file, flag) with
> faccessat(0 /* not used if file is absolute */, file, flag, AT_EACCESS)
> (and also "e" : " " with " " : "f" for clarity)
> (and i have to include <fcntl.h>)
> 
> i obtain:
> 
> % ./corinna++ /tmp/xxx/folder
> faccess (/tmp/xxx/folder, F_OK) = 0
> faccess (/tmp/xxx/folder, R_OK) = 0
> faccess (/tmp/xxx/folder, W_OK) = 0
> faccess (/tmp/xxx/folder, X_OK) = -1 <Permission denied>

Ouch.  I made a mistake in a bracket term in faccessat.  Fixed in CVS.
Thanks for following up with more testing.


Corinna

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