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Diffstat (limited to 'src')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/copy.c | 15 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/src/copy.c b/src/copy.c index d471a77a0..eee918a81 100644 --- a/src/copy.c +++ b/src/copy.c @@ -2677,12 +2677,8 @@ copy_internal (char const *src_name, char const *dst_name, } } - /* The operations beyond this point may dereference a symlink. */ - if (dest_is_symlink) - return delayed_ok; - /* Avoid calling chown if we know it's not necessary. */ - if (x->preserve_ownership + if (!dest_is_symlink && x->preserve_ownership && (new_dst || !SAME_OWNER_AND_GROUP (src_sb, dst_sb))) { switch (set_owner (x, dst_name, -1, &src_sb, new_dst, &dst_sb)) @@ -2696,12 +2692,17 @@ copy_internal (char const *src_name, char const *dst_name, } } - set_author (dst_name, -1, &src_sb); - + /* Set xattrs after ownership as changing owners will clear capabilities. */ if (x->preserve_xattr && ! copy_attr (src_name, -1, dst_name, -1, x) && x->require_preserve_xattr) return false; + /* The operations beyond this point may dereference a symlink. */ + if (dest_is_symlink) + return delayed_ok; + + set_author (dst_name, -1, &src_sb); + if (x->preserve_mode || x->move_mode) { if (copy_acl (src_name, -1, dst_name, -1, src_mode) != 0 |