Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:03:22 GMT From: Robinson Sathaseevan <robinson@sathas.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: misc/120571: pwd reports false path even when change to directory fails Message-ID: <200802122203.m1CM3MU7054483@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200802122210.m1CMA0GU081194@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 120571 >Category: misc >Synopsis: pwd reports false path even when change to directory fails >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Feb 12 22:10:00 UTC 2008 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Robinson Sathaseevan >Release: FreeBSD 6.3 >Organization: None >Environment: FreeBSD quad.phub.net.cable.rogers.com 6.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE #0: Wed Jan 16 04:45:45 UTC 2008 root@dessler.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP i386 >Description: If a directory has permissions drwx------ and I try to change into it without being the owner, then the cd command fails. But pwd thinks I successfully changed into that directory and incorrectly reports as such. >How-To-Repeat: $ whoami roby $ pwd /usr/local/etc $ ls -ld s* drwx------ 2 root wheel 512 Feb 12 11:30 samba -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 3312 Feb 12 11:34 screenrc -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 10313 Feb 12 11:30 smb.conf -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 10313 Feb 12 11:30 smb.conf.sample -r--r----- 1 root wheel 1148 Feb 12 09:17 sudoers -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 1150 Nov 30 20:20 sudoers.default $ cd samba cd: can't cd to samba $ pwd /usr/local/etc/samba $ ls -ld s* drwx------ 2 root wheel 512 Feb 12 11:30 samba -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 3312 Feb 12 11:34 screenrc -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 10313 Feb 12 11:30 smb.conf -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 10313 Feb 12 11:30 smb.conf.sample -r--r----- 1 root wheel 1148 Feb 12 09:17 sudoers -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 1150 Nov 30 20:20 sudoers.default $ cd .. $ pwd /usr/local/etc $ >Fix: n/a >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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