GNU bug report logs - #18280
chmod: fix symlink race condition

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Tobias Stoeckmann <tobias <at> stoeckmann.org>

Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 17:47:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch

Merged with 11108, 32772

Done: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 18280 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Tobias Stoeckmann <tobias <at> stoeckmann.org>, 18280 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18280: chmod: race condition
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 13:53:07 -0700

Tobias Stoeckmann wrote:
> But I will recommend to look into
> the use of fchmodat() instead, supplying the argument
> AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW.

Sorry, that won't work, and this is a known bug.  Please see:

http://bugs.gnu.org/11108
This bug report was last modified 1 year and 117 days ago.

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