Re: chmod g=o

[Juan F . Codagnone]

The fix is easy. a copy/paste bug.

in lib/modechange.c line 427 says
            value |=   (value & S_IWOTH ? S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP : 0);
it should be
        value |=   (value & S_IWOTH ? S_IWUSR | S_IWGRP : 0);
the same bugs are at line 422 and 417. Am i right?

On Saturday 17 November 2001 01:41, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Probably no one had time to send you a response.  I put your bug on
> the list to be fixed.  Thanks for submitting it.
>
> Bob
>
> > bug or feature?
> >
> > How to repruduce it:
> > $ umask 0
> > $ chmod 007  1.txt && ls -l 1.txt | cut -b-10
> > -------rwx
> > $ chmod g=o 1.txt && ls -l 1.txt| cut -b-10
> > ----r-xrwx
> > $ chmod u=o 1.txt && ls -l 1.txt| cut -b-10
> > -rwxr-xrwx
> >
> > What is wrong: the write bit of the group is not set in g=o
> > at least is not documented.
> >
> > --------------------
> > $ chmod --version
> > chmod (fileutils) 4.1
> > Written by David MacKenzie.
> >
> > Copyright (C) 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> > This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is
> > NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
> > PURPOSE.
> >
> > running in linux with libc-2.2.3
> >
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