From unknown Thu Jun 19 14:02:58 2025 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.509 (Entity 5.509) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: bug#8752 <8752@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#8752 <8752@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: cp: fchown called before fchmod, unable to set file mode Reply-To: bug#8752 <8752@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2025 21:02:58 +0000 retitle 8752 cp: fchown called before fchmod, unable to set file mode reassign 8752 coreutils submitter 8752 Milan Novak severity 8752 normal thanks From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sat May 28 13:26:36 2011 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 28 May 2011 17:26:36 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QQNHX-0005UG-TU for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 28 May 2011 13:26:36 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QQJHk-0007NM-U5 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 28 May 2011 09:10:34 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QQJHe-0006a8-I5 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 28 May 2011 09:10:27 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, HTML_MESSAGE,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,RFC_ABUSE_POST,T_DKIM_INVALID, T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.1 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]:34644) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QQJHe-0006a4-GZ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 28 May 2011 09:10:26 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:37165) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QQJHd-0000x1-9p for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Sat, 28 May 2011 09:10:26 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QQJHb-0006Zt-TQ for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Sat, 28 May 2011 09:10:25 -0400 Received: from mail-iw0-f169.google.com ([209.85.214.169]:38882) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QQJHb-0006Zo-OE for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Sat, 28 May 2011 09:10:23 -0400 Received: by iwg8 with SMTP id 8so3051294iwg.0 for ; Sat, 28 May 2011 06:10:22 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=pdy4V5Y1JMOQSUqMSr6m9FZ9DFcO7cH0WcN4rEzeKHQ=; b=I8lSCgQs1Nmaf3N+GqDGGcXFblVwWvBKODChvaKnqoV2TqGBuhYQQHq0bLiDV6hpAE m/BMgvSna17jiMQMUKRcqYQ7TBp3xbFhcgqEzeZHmpst6JNtFz4Nnf+ARe8Iw/XjFrtR SGB6oaFCrk5vqLzX3gIQv3TKBA5NsyUVGiIEo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=UC/NA+pPxbEuBy372WOOK3x1SF6awP3vHgy1vRnSWbK10js0iCNGJknUvG9YFMJ94h 08iKlgpcZAexaPQAKAjf+O0vnA6GapQD7qLmJ3bMhNtvntcAmzs7fEHyPu1dL3A662RR TPL3WT2nQkwb8btTvnRE4+1A01aGrLR9bCAuE= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.111.228 with SMTP id t36mr3651582ibp.59.1306588222009; Sat, 28 May 2011 06:10:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.15.4 with HTTP; Sat, 28 May 2011 06:10:21 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 28 May 2011 15:10:21 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: cp: fchown called before fchmod, unable to set file mode From: Milan Novak To: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0016e6471764d730f804a455c6e5 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.17 X-Spam-Score: -5.9 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 28 May 2011 13:26:34 -0400 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -5.9 (-----) --0016e6471764d730f804a455c6e5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hello, I believe that cp uses wrong order of syscalls when applying target file attributes; fchown(2) is called before fchmod(2). As a result it looses access to target file and is unable to apply file mode correctly; error message is as follows "cp: preserving permissions for `target': Not owner" The problem arises when -p (preserve attributes) is present and file owner is different from user doing the copy. Same operation using cp on hp-ux 11.31 is successfull, since hp-ux cp calls chmod(2) before chown(2). Please let me know what do you think about changing order of fchown(2) <=> fchmod(2). Kind Regards, Milan --- hp@mtest:/home/hp/coreutils $ id uid=1058(hp) gid=20(users) groups=65535(last) hp@mtest:/home/hp/coreutils $ ll source target target not found -rwxrwxrwx 1 elzu radia 32 May 20 15:50 source hp@mtest:/home/hp/coreutils $ tusc -o tusc_hpuxcp.out /usr/bin/cp -p source target; echo $? ; ll source target 0 -rwxrwxrwx 1 elzu radia 32 May 20 15:50 source -rwxrwxrwx 1 elzu radia 32 May 20 15:50 target hp@mtest:/home/hp/coreutils $ rm -f target hp@mtest:/home/hp/coreutils $ tusc -o tusc_gnucp.out coreutils-8.11/src/cp -p source target; echo $? ; ll source target coreutils-8.11/src/cp: preserving permissions for `target': Not owner #>>>> ERROR 1 -rwxrwxrwx 1 elzu radia 32 May 20 15:50 source -rwx------ 1 elzu radia 32 May 20 15:50 target #>>> already owned by user elzu, so chmod executed as user hp fails hp@mtest:/home/hp/coreutils $ coreutils-8.11/src/cp --version | head -1 cp (GNU coreutils) 8.11 hp@mtest:/home/hp/coreutils $ uname -a HP-UX mtest B.11.31 U ia64 2263078376 unlimited-user license hp@mtest:/home/hp/coreutils $ egrep "target|chown|chmod|exit" tusc_* tusc_hpuxcp.out:stat64("target", 0x7fffeec0) ............................................ ERR#2 ENT tusc_hpuxcp.out:stat64("target", 0x40021110) ............................................ ERR#2 ENT tusc_hpuxcp.out:stat64("target", 0x40021110) ............................................ ERR#2 ENT tusc_hpuxcp.out:access("target", F_OK) .................................................. ERR#2 ENT tusc_hpuxcp.out:open("target", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC|0x800, 0) ....................... = 6 tusc_hpuxcp.out:utime("target", 0x7fffe5f0) ............................................. = 0 tusc_hpuxcp.out:chmod("target", 0100777) ................................................ = 0 tusc_hpuxcp.out:chown("target", 1021, 1005) ............................................. = 0 tusc_hpuxcp.out:chmod("target", 0100777) ................................................ ERR#1 EPM tusc_hpuxcp.out:exit(0) ................................................................. WIFE) tusc_gnucp.out:stat64("target", 0x7fffedf0) ............................................ ERR#2T tusc_gnucp.out:stat64("target", 0x7fffeac0) ............................................ ERR#2T tusc_gnucp.out:open("target", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_EXCL|0x800, 0700) ..................... = 5 tusc_gnucp.out:utime("target", 0x7fffe7a8) ............................................. = 0 tusc_gnucp.out:fchown(5, 1021, 1005) ................................................... = 0 #>>> the problem is HERE, CHOWN goes before CHMOD; tusc_gnucp.out:fchmod(5, 0100777) ...................................................... ERR#1M #>>> this fails, since user hp is not the owner of the file anymore tusc_gnucp.out:exit(1) ................................................................. WIFEX) --0016e6471764d730f804a455c6e5 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hello,=A0

I= believe that cp uses wrong order of syscalls when applying target file att= ributes; fchown(2) is called before fchmod(2).=A0
As a result it looses = access to target file and is unable to apply file mode correctly; error mes= sage is as follows=A0
"cp: preserving permissions for `target': Not owner"=A0

The problem aris= es when -p (preserve attributes) is present and file owner is different fro= m user doing the copy.=A0

Same operation= using cp on hp-ux 11.31 is successfull, since hp-ux cp calls chmod(2) befo= re chown(2).=A0

Please let me know what do you think about changing order of fchown(2) <= =3D> fchmod(2).=A0

Kind Regards,=A0
Milan=A0

---=A0

hp@m= test:/home/hp/coreutils $ id=A0
uid=3D1058(hp) gid=3D20(users) groups=3D= 65535(last)=A0
hp@mtest:/home/hp/coreutils $ ll source target=A0
targ= et not found=A0
-rwxrwxrwx 1 elzu radia 32 May 20 15:50 source=A0
hp@mtest:/home/hp/core= utils $ tusc -o tusc_hpuxcp.out /usr/bin/cp -p source target; echo $? ; ll = source target=A0
0=A0
-rwxrwxrwx 1 elzu radia 32 May 20 15:50 source= =A0
-rwxrwxrwx 1 elzu radia 32 May 20 15:50 target=A0
hp@mtest:/home/hp/core= utils $ rm -f target=A0

hp@mtest:/home/hp/coreutils $ tusc -o tusc_gnucp.out coreutils= -8.11/src/cp -p source target; echo $? ; ll source target=A0
coreutils-8.11/src/cp: preserving permissions for `target': Not owner = #>>>> ERROR=A0
1=A0
-rwxrwxrwx 1 elzu radia 32 May 20 15:= 50 source=A0
-rwx------ 1 elzu radia 32 May 20 15:50 target #>>&g= t; already owned by user elzu, so chmod executed as user hp fails=A0

hp@mtest:/home= /hp/coreutils $ coreutils-8.11/src/cp --version | head -1=A0
cp (GNU cor= eutils) 8.11=A0

hp@mtest:/home/hp/coreutils $ uname -a=A0
HP-UX mtest B.11.31 U ia64 226= 3078376 unlimited-user license=A0

hp@mtest:/home/hp/coreutils $ egrep "target|cho= wn|chmod|exit" tusc_*=A0
tusc_hpuxcp.out:stat64("target", 0x7fffeec0) ....................= ........................ ERR#2 ENT=A0
tusc_hpuxcp.out:stat64("targe= t", 0x40021110) ............................................ ERR#2 ENT= =A0
tusc_hpuxcp.out:stat64("target", 0x40021110) ....................= ........................ ERR#2 ENT=A0
tusc_hpuxcp.out:access("targe= t", F_OK) .................................................. ERR#2 ENT= =A0
tusc_hpuxcp.out:open("target", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC|0x800, 0)= ....................... =3D 6=A0
tusc_hpuxcp.out:utime("target&quo= t;, 0x7fffe5f0) ............................................. =3D 0=A0
t= usc_hpuxcp.out:chmod("target", 0100777) .........................= ....................... =3D 0=A0
tusc_hpuxcp.out:chown("target", 1021, 1005) .....................= ........................ =3D 0=A0
tusc_hpuxcp.out:chmod("target&quo= t;, 0100777) ................................................ ERR#1 EPM=A0<= br> tusc_hpuxcp.out:exit(0) ...................................................= .............. WIFE)=A0

tusc_gnucp.out:stat64("target", 0x7fffedf0) ........= .................................... ERR#2T=A0
tusc_gnucp.out:stat64("target", 0x7fffeac0) .....................= ....................... ERR#2T=A0
tusc_gnucp.out:open("target"= , O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_EXCL|0x800, 0700) ..................... =3D 5=A0
tu= sc_gnucp.out:utime("target", 0x7fffe7a8) ........................= ..................... =3D 0=A0
tusc_gnucp.out:fchown(5, 1021, 1005) ......................................= ............. =3D 0 =A0 =A0 #>>> the problem is HERE, CHOWN goes b= efore CHMOD;=A0
tusc_gnucp.out:fchmod(5, 0100777) ......................= ................................ ERR#1M =A0 =A0 #>>> this fails, s= ince user hp is not the owner of the file anymore=A0
tusc_gnucp.out:exit(1) ....................................................= ............. WIFEX)=A0

 --0016e6471764d730f804a455c6e5-- From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sun May 29 15:28:02 2011 Received: (at 8752) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 May 2011 19:28:03 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QQleb-00088D-Ly for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 29 May 2011 15:28:02 -0400 Received: from smtp.cs.ucla.edu ([131.179.128.62]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QQleY-00087u-OD for 8752@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 29 May 2011 15:28:00 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95FE139E8106; Sun, 29 May 2011 12:27:52 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at smtp.cs.ucla.edu Received: from smtp.cs.ucla.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.cs.ucla.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id Ny4eWo5OsPuY; Sun, 29 May 2011 12:27:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.10] (pool-71-189-109-235.lsanca.fios.verizon.net [71.189.109.235]) by smtp.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id CC30F39E8100; Sun, 29 May 2011 12:27:51 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4DE29E32.3010307@cs.ucla.edu> Date: Sun, 29 May 2011 12:27:46 -0700 From: Paul Eggert Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110424 Thunderbird/3.1.10 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Milan Novak Subject: Re: bug#8752: cp: fchown called before fchmod, unable to set file mode References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -3.0 (---) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 8752 Cc: 8752@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -3.0 (---) On 05/28/11 06:10, Milan Novak wrote: > I believe that cp uses wrong order of syscalls when applying target file > attributes; fchown(2) is called before fchmod(2). > As a result it looses access to target file and is unable to apply file mode > correctly; error message is as follows > "cp: preserving permissions for `target': Not owner" The general idea in coreutils is given in the following comment in lib/dirchownmod.c: /* On some systems, chown clears S_ISUID and S_ISGID, so do chown before chmod. On older System V hosts, ordinary users can give their files away via chown; don't worry about that here, since users shouldn't do that. */ HP-UX is one of the "older System V hosts" that by default allows ordinary users to give their files away. This is a mild security hole, so modern operating systems typically don't allow it. To get this safer behavior on HP-UX, you can do something like the following, as the superuser: # echo "-n CHOWN" >>/etc/privgrp # setprivgrp -f /etc/privgroup I suppose coreutils might be modified to work in this (from our point of view) dinosaurian environment, but it wouldn't be trivial, since it's vital for the code to still work in the more-typical case where one should chown before chmod. If someone (maybe you?) could suggest a patch to coreutils that fixes the problem on HP-UX and is easy to follow and that doesn't break or slow down coreutils on typical systems, that'd be nice. But I suspect you'd be better off disabling CHOWN as shown above, as that's more secure; besides, coreutils is not the only package that has problems with the default HP-UX settings. For more on this please see: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gzip/2007-06/msg00005.html You might also want to look at HP's Bastille product: it's free and it should improve your site's security (the above is one of the hundreds of security holes it'll close). From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sun May 29 15:31:59 2011 Received: (at 8752) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 May 2011 19:31:59 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QQliQ-0000ay-T8 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 29 May 2011 15:31:59 -0400 Received: from smtp.cs.ucla.edu ([131.179.128.62]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QQliN-0000an-UB for 8752@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 29 May 2011 15:31:56 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CF6C39E8106; Sun, 29 May 2011 12:31:50 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at smtp.cs.ucla.edu Received: from smtp.cs.ucla.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.cs.ucla.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id u12il+3z--3K; Sun, 29 May 2011 12:31:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.10] (pool-71-189-109-235.lsanca.fios.verizon.net [71.189.109.235]) by smtp.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 30DEB39E8100; Sun, 29 May 2011 12:31:50 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4DE29F25.8010505@cs.ucla.edu> Date: Sun, 29 May 2011 12:31:49 -0700 From: Paul Eggert Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110424 Thunderbird/3.1.10 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Milan Novak Subject: Re: bug#8752: cp: fchown called before fchmod, unable to set file mode References: <4DE29E32.3010307@cs.ucla.edu> In-Reply-To: <4DE29E32.3010307@cs.ucla.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -3.0 (---) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 8752 Cc: 8752@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -3.0 (---) On 05/29/11 12:27, Paul Eggert wrote: > # echo "-n CHOWN" >>/etc/privgrp > # setprivgrp -f /etc/privgroup Whoops, obviously I misspelled one of those two file names. I think the second one is right. But you should read the manuals and check before trying it (I haven't used HP-UX in years). From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Wed Jun 01 15:17:36 2011 Received: (at 8752-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 1 Jun 2011 19:17:36 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QRqvA-0003Y5-J3 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:17:36 -0400 Received: from joseki.proulx.com ([216.17.153.58]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QRqv8-0003Xs-7l for 8752-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:17:35 -0400 Received: from hysteria.proulx.com (hysteria.proulx.com [192.168.230.119]) by joseki.proulx.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A40F21412; Wed, 1 Jun 2011 13:17:28 -0600 (MDT) Received: by hysteria.proulx.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 535662DC58; Wed, 1 Jun 2011 13:17:28 -0600 (MDT) Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 13:17:28 -0600 From: Bob Proulx To: Milan Novak , 8752-done@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: Re: bug#8752: cp: fchown called before fchmod, unable to set file mode Message-ID: <20110601191728.GA19127@hysteria.proulx.com> References: <4DE29E32.3010307@cs.ucla.edu> <4DE29F25.8010505@cs.ucla.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4DE29F25.8010505@cs.ucla.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Spam-Score: -2.4 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 8752-done X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -2.4 (--) Paul Eggert wrote: > Paul Eggert wrote: > > # echo "-n CHOWN" >>/etc/privgrp > > # setprivgrp -f /etc/privgroup > > Whoops, obviously I misspelled one of those two file names. > I think the second one is right. But you should read the > manuals and check before trying it (I haven't used HP-UX > in years). The first was the misspelling, the second was the correct name. Just to be clear, this next command will set it interactively. You can test the behavior without having made any permanent changes. But if you reboot the change will be gone. # setprivgrp -n CHOWN Setting this file /etc/privgroup with the following contents will make it persistent at boot time: -n CHOWN See 'man 1m setprivgrp' for the HP-UX documentation. And since I think this completely resolves the issue I am going to close the ticket on it. Please feel free to add additional comments. If needed the ticket can be reopened at any time. Bob From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Wed Jun 01 15:34:00 2011 Received: (at 8752-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 1 Jun 2011 19:34:00 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QRrB1-0003xH-Ux for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:34:00 -0400 Received: from mail-iw0-f172.google.com ([209.85.214.172]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QRrB0-0003x7-OP for 8752-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:33:59 -0400 Received: by iwn39 with SMTP id 39so128840iwn.3 for <8752-done@debbugs.gnu.org>; Wed, 01 Jun 2011 12:33:53 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=+rtTGvvRQPN/SHuLLrRib42QcCeAEy6F7DWicppOC74=; b=C02IRW2Omyqe+xjOkONIa3R6fzkUouiGOItMKYWNKk3yNHCTL7YHPGUnhqiUBZn0j/ BjbLMOyN99maJlyw+kZQoviWt76V7EUwLHrTrJEZLMFcAK5Pl+s447k6ViZzeUHdKxLS xsHSdAOWxofpliNJjZhaEiC+rkRT1MPq4Omlw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=Emt5oTJhELLZFf9NSLj/B3ODkSpLlM47m5ytg/yYqPiZSO594IPEsSw1WCkbS8rosq NgvA9QB4JmBxviBLIUMOcOzZbpYqiUIdGaQdACQ3mkYG9aG8G5ZuHhmKj9AWu/BGbLbV J6WG081h/n1hVrm2477FRwsjTS2KINm6humAE= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.42.19.135 with SMTP id c7mr13533120icb.185.1306956833227; Wed, 01 Jun 2011 12:33:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.15.4 with HTTP; Wed, 1 Jun 2011 12:33:53 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20110601191728.GA19127@hysteria.proulx.com> References: <4DE29E32.3010307@cs.ucla.edu> <4DE29F25.8010505@cs.ucla.edu> <20110601191728.GA19127@hysteria.proulx.com> Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 21:33:53 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: bug#8752: cp: fchown called before fchmod, unable to set file mode From: Milan Novak To: Bob Proulx Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=20cf303ea142c8042304a4ab99e9 X-Spam-Score: -4.8 (----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 8752-done Cc: 8752-done@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -4.4 (----) --20cf303ea142c8042304a4ab99e9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hello Bob, Thanks for clarification, I'm well aware of setprivgrp options. OK, go ahead and close the ticket. Thanks for your time! Kind Regards, Milan On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 9:17 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: > Paul Eggert wrote: > > Paul Eggert wrote: > > > # echo "-n CHOWN" >>/etc/privgrp > > > # setprivgrp -f /etc/privgroup > > > > Whoops, obviously I misspelled one of those two file names. > > I think the second one is right. But you should read the > > manuals and check before trying it (I haven't used HP-UX > > in years). > > The first was the misspelling, the second was the correct name. > > Just to be clear, this next command will set it interactively. You > can test the behavior without having made any permanent changes. But > if you reboot the change will be gone. > > # setprivgrp -n CHOWN > > Setting this file /etc/privgroup with the following contents will make > it persistent at boot time: > > -n CHOWN > > See 'man 1m setprivgrp' for the HP-UX documentation. > > And since I think this completely resolves the issue I am going to > close the ticket on it. Please feel free to add additional comments. > If needed the ticket can be reopened at any time. > > Bob > --20cf303ea142c8042304a4ab99e9 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello Bob,

Thanks for clarification, I'm well aware = of setprivgrp options.
OK, go ahead and close the ticket.

Thanks for your time!

Kind Regar= ds,
Milan


On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 9:17 PM, Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com> wrote:
Paul Eggert wrote:
> Paul Eggert wrote:
> > # echo "-n CHOWN" >>/etc/privgrp
> > # setprivgrp -f /etc/privgroup
>
> Whoops, obviously I misspelled one of those two file names.
> I think the second one is right. =A0But you should read the
> manuals and check before trying it (I haven't used HP-UX
> in years).

The first was the misspelling, the second was the correct name.=

Just to be clear, this next command will set it interactively. =A0You
can test the behavior without having made any permanent changes. =A0But
if you reboot the change will be gone.

=A0# setprivgrp -n CHOWN

Setting this file /etc/privgroup with the following contents will make
it persistent at boot time:

=A0-n CHOWN

See 'man 1m setprivgrp' for the HP-UX documentation.

And since I think this completely resolves the issue I am going to
close the ticket on it. =A0Please feel free to add additional comments.
If needed the ticket can be reopened at any time.

Bob

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