Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 02:15:34 +0100 From: "Jose M. Alcaide" <jose@we.lc.ehu.es> 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> In-Reply-To: <200201201802.g0KI2FO11711@freefall.freebsd.org>; from iedowse@FreeBSD.org on Sun, Jan 20, 2002 at 10:02:15AM -0800 References: <200201201802.g0KI2FO11711@freefall.freebsd.org>
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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
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