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| author | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2006-12-20 19:56:20 +0100 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2006-12-21 08:58:11 +0100 |
| commit | c8ef95eaed944ec70ccd70c077cf465c6311c1b6 (patch) | |
| tree | 5c83a1915419c58457fff59afe894abf3e00471c /ChangeLog | |
| parent | d69fc66d81c7166fe689418f42b7cb900d2a1433 (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-c8ef95eaed944ec70ccd70c077cf465c6311c1b6.tar.xz | |
"rm -rf /etc/motd" (run by non-root) now prints a diagnostic.
* src/remove.c (remove_entry): Handle EACCES for a non-directory, too.
Karl Berry reported that a cross-partition "mv /etc/issue ~"
failed with the um,... suboptimal diagnostic,
"mv: cannot remove `/etc/issue': Not a directory".
* tests/rm/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add fail-eacces.
* tests/rm/fail-eacces: New file.
* NEWS: Mention that both mv and rm are affected.
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@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@ 2006-12-20 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> + "rm -rf /etc/motd" (run by non-root) now prints a diagnostic. + * src/remove.c (remove_entry): Handle EACCES for a non-directory, too. + Don't let a non-directory get by with errno == EPERM, either. + Check the file type directly (using cached stat value), rather + than trying to guess it from errno values. + Karl Berry reported that a cross-partition "mv /etc/issue ~" + failed with the um,... suboptimal diagnostic, + "mv: cannot remove `/etc/issue': Not a directory". + * tests/rm/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add fail-eacces. + * tests/rm/fail-eacces: New file. + * NEWS: Mention that both mv and rm are affected. + "cut -f 2- A B" no longer triggers a double-free bug * src/cut.c (cut_fields): Set file-scoped global to NULL after freeing it. This avoids a double-free (and core dump on some systems) |