Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2022 17:38:21 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 262895] access(2) man page should mention softlinks Message-ID: <bug-262895-9@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D262895 Bug ID: 262895 Summary: access(2) man page should mention softlinks Product: Documentation Version: Latest Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Only Me Priority: --- Component: Manual Pages Assignee: bugs@FreeBSD.org Reporter: jamie@catflap.org CC: doc@FreeBSD.org I almost got bitten by this. access, eaccess, faccessat will ALWAYS dereference symbolic links. (though Linux allows the flag AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW to be applied to faccessa= t) Could a note like this be added to the man page? "access, eaccess, faccessat will ALWAYS dereference symbolic links. If you = need to refer to the symbolic link itself, you'll have to instead use stat(2)" --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.=
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