From owner-freebsd-bugs Mon Jan 21 1:53:17 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from polaris.we.lc.ehu.es (polaris.we.lc.ehu.es [158.227.6.43]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E63137B47F; Mon, 21 Jan 2002 01:52:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from v-ger.we.lc.ehu.es (v-ger [158.227.6.51]) by polaris.we.lc.ehu.es (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g0L9qkb10192; Mon, 21 Jan 2002 10:52:46 +0100 (MET) Received: (from jose@localhost) by v-ger.we.lc.ehu.es (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g0L1FYI02053; Mon, 21 Jan 2002 02:15:34 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from jose) Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 02:15:34 +0100 From: "Jose M. Alcaide" To: iedowse@FreeBSD.org Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/12244: realpath() fails when there is no permission to read the WD Message-ID: <20020121021534.A853@v-ger.we.lc.ehu.es> References: <200201201802.g0KI2FO11711@freefall.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200201201802.g0KI2FO11711@freefall.freebsd.org>; from iedowse@FreeBSD.org on Sun, Jan 20, 2002 at 10:02:15AM -0800 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.5-PRERELEASE Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, Jan 20, 2002 at 10:02:15AM -0800, iedowse@FreeBSD.org wrote: > Synopsis: realpath() fails when there is no permission to read the WD > > State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback > State-Changed-By: iedowse > State-Changed-When: Sun Jan 20 10:01:13 PST 2002 > State-Changed-Why: > > Is this problem still present in more recent releases? > > http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=12244 Yes, it is. Realpath(3) continues using open()/fchdir() for saving/restoring the current directory. I think that the getwd()/chdir() method should be used as fallback. -- ****** Jose M. Alcaide // jose@we.lc.ehu.es // jmas@FreeBSD.org ****** ** "Beware of Programmers who carry screwdrivers" -- Leonard Brandwein ** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message