GNU bug report logs - #12014
cp -p fails to preserve permissions on sshfs

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Jared Henley <jared.henley <at> pelena.com.au>

Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2012 21:17:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 12014 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 12014 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#12014: cp -p fails to preserve permissions on sshfs
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 11:30:21 -0600

tags 12014 notabug
close  12014
stop

(triaging old bugs)

Hello,

On 21/07/12 09:35 PM, Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 07/19/2012 06:10 PM, Jared Henley wrote:
>> Is there some security reason why the permissions fall back to 600 when the
>>
>> chown fails
> 
> Absolutely.  The user has indicated the desire for
> a file to be owned by U with permissions P,[...]
[...]
> Presumably the --preserve option could be used
> to get the behavior you want.

With no further follow-ups, I'm closing this bug.
Discussion can continue by replying to this thread.

-assaf
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