GNU bug report logs - #8391
chmod setuid & setguid bits

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Christian <chris <at> computersalat.de>

Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:48:04 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: Christian <chris <at> computersalat.de>, bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#8391: chmod setuid & setguid bits
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:15:41 -0600

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On 03/31/2011 12:54 PM, Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 03/31/2011 11:25 AM, Christian wrote:
>> and using "0755" is explicit enough, isn't it ?
> 
> Unfortunately it's not that simple, as having 0755 mean
> something different from 755 would violate the principle
> of least surprise.  Please see the thread starting at
> <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2006-07/msg00124.html>.

Oddly enough, I see that my proposal for an explicit 00755:

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2006-07/msg00130.html

came up back then as well, but without any action yet.  ;)

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Eric Blake   eblake <at> redhat.com    +1-801-349-2682
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org


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