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| author | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2006-01-02 07:30:27 +0000 |
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| committer | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2006-01-02 07:30:27 +0000 |
| commit | c0dac69808f8223cdfe9d1a1c2fdfa224ea0ead4 (patch) | |
| tree | 8ee0bc596969359b4f167b72c4e7d529aa6167ad | |
| parent | ab21036d6d1331fe1aa7d895c78ef61287fed8c0 (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-c0dac69808f8223cdfe9d1a1c2fdfa224ea0ead4.tar.xz | |
New approach to safer chmod.
| -rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 20 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/ChangeLog | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/ChangeLog | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | m4/ChangeLog | 7 |
4 files changed, 41 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -1,7 +1,25 @@ -2005-12-27 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> +2006-01-01 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> * Version 6.0-cvs. + * NEWS: Document that mkfifo and mknod -m no longer set special bits. + * src/copy.c: Include lchmod.h. + (copy_internal): Use lchmod rather than chmod. + * src/cp.c: Include lchmod.h. + (re_protect, make_dir_parents_private): Use lchmod rather than chmod. + * src/mkdir.c: Include lchmod.h. + (usage): Clarify -m's operation. + (main): Use lchmod rather than chmod. Don't use lchmod unless the + new mode contains bits outside the 777 range. + * src/mkfifo.c (usage): Clarify -m's operation. + (main): If -m is given, don't invoke chmod; use umask 0 instead. + Report an error if -m asks for bits outside the 777 range. + * src/mknod.c (usage, main): Likewise. + + * src/mkdir.c, src/mkfifo.c, src/mknod.c: Undo 2005-12-19 changes. + +2005-12-27 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> + * Makefile.maint (sc_obsolete_symbols): Prohibit use of O_NDELAY. (sc_prohibit_assert_without_use): New rule. (syntax-check-rules): Add it to the list. diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog index 9cd5939a3..4c1bc53eb 100644 --- a/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +2006-01-01 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> + + * coreutils.texi, perm.texi: Clarify file mode bits versus + file permission bits. + * coreutils.texi (mkfifo invocation, mknod invocation): -m + affects only file permission bits. + 2005-12-29 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> * coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Clarify that a blank is a space diff --git a/lib/ChangeLog b/lib/ChangeLog index a6fde0dea..0eb57d611 100644 --- a/lib/ChangeLog +++ b/lib/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,11 @@ +2006-01-01 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> + + * chmod-safer.c, chmod-safer.h: Remove. + * lchmod.h: New file. + * mkdir-p.c: Include lchmod.h, lchown.h. + (make_dir_parents): Use lchown rather than chown, and + lchmod rather than chmod. + 2005-12-26 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> * chdir-long.c (cdb_free): Don't bother trying to open directory diff --git a/m4/ChangeLog b/m4/ChangeLog index 0e4c4de1e..03ae1f6ee 100644 --- a/m4/ChangeLog +++ b/m4/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +2006-01-01 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> + + * chmod-safer.m4: Remove. + * lchmod.m4: New file. + * jm-macros.m4 (gl_MACROS): Require gl_FUNC_LCHMOD. + Don't require gl_CHDIR_SAFER. + 2005-12-21 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> * chdir-safer.m4: New file. |