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mv and cp give a pointless warning when moving/copying a directory

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Bruno Haible <bruno <at> clisp.org>
Cc: 65599 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#65599: mv and cp give a pointless warning when moving/copying a directory
Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2023 10:47:40 -0700

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On 2023-09-01 08:09, Bruno Haible wrote:
> It applies to all 4 variants, as can be seen from applying it to a directory:
> 
> $ ./a.out /media/nas/bruno/dir1
> lchown: Permission denied
> fchownat: Permission denied
> chown: Permission denied
> fchown: Permission denied

Thanks, for coreutils it'd be helpful to now whether there's a similar 
problem with chmod-related syscalls. If you compile and run the attached 
program on a file that you don't own (e.g., './a.out /'), does it 
incorrectly issue "Permission denied" instead of "Operation not 
permitted" diagnostics?

[fchmodat-test.c (text/x-csrc, attachment)]

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