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Diffstat (limited to 'tests/cp/parent-perm')
| -rwxr-xr-x | tests/cp/parent-perm | 11 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tests/cp/parent-perm b/tests/cp/parent-perm index 1c7a222bb..cedcac4df 100755 --- a/tests/cp/parent-perm +++ b/tests/cp/parent-perm @@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ cp -p --parent a/b/d/foo e || fail=1 # Ensure that permissions on just-created directory, e/a/, # are the same as those on original, a/. -test $(stat --printf %A a) = $(stat --printf %A e/a) || fail=1 + +# The sed filter maps any 's' from an inherited set-GID bit +# to the usual 'x'. Otherwise, under unusual circumstances, this +# test would fail with e.g., drwxr-sr-x != drwxr-xr-x . +# For reference, the unusual circumstances is: build dir is set-gid, +# so "a/" inherits that. However, when the user does not belong to +# the group of the build directory, chmod ("a/e", 02755) returns 0, +# yet fails to set the S_ISGID bit. +test $(stat --printf %A a|sed s/s/x/g) = $(stat --printf %A e/a|sed s/s/x/g) || + fail=1 (exit $fail); exit $fail |