On 25/07/15 16:05, Paul Eggert wrote: > Pádraig Brady wrote: >>> On 24/07/15 22:46, Assaf Gordon wrote: >>>> If I understand correctly, >>>> The test creates a symlink to a directory then removes execute permissions: >>>> mkdir d >>>> ln -s / d/s >>>> chmod 600 d >>>> >>>> Then tries to dereference it: >>>> $ ls -Log d >>>> ls: cannot access d/s: Permission denied >>>> total 0 >>>> d????????? ? ? ? s > >> Another possibility might be that the chmod(1) and stat(2) are racy >> thus allowing the stat() to succeed? If that was the case then >> a stat d/s && skip_ ... would avoid the false failure? > > Sorry, I don't understand the scenario here. If the stat succeeds, why would > ls > output '????'? The '????' means that the stat failed.
Yes good point. So it must be that d_type is set to 'd' erroneously. What is the file system and operating system on the NFS server?
