wow that is an annoying change! is there a list somewhere with ALL of these annoying changes in one place? so far the uname -r and now the chmod
On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 1:32 PM, Paul Krizak <[email protected]> wrote: > But this is a behavior change from RHEL5: > > [root@svvadm01 tmp]# cat /etc/redhat-release > Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client release 5.4 (Tikanga) > > [root@svvadm01 tmp]# mkdir foo > [root@svvadm01 tmp]# ls -lad foo > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 24 10:31 foo > > [root@svvadm01 tmp]# chmod 2755 foo > [root@svvadm01 tmp]# ls -lad foo > drwxr-sr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 24 10:31 foo > > [root@svvadm01 tmp]# chmod 0755 foo > [root@svvadm01 tmp]# ls -lad foo > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 24 10:31 foo > > And I don't know of a good reason for the behavior change. > > > Paul Krizak 7171 Southwest Pkwy MS B200.3A > MTS Systems Engineer Austin, TX 78735 > Advanced Micro Devices Desk: (512) 602-8775 > Linux/Unix Systems Engineering Cell: (512) 791-0686 > Global IT Infrastructure Fax: (512) 602-0468 > > On 03/24/2011 10:27 AM, Kinzel, David wrote: > >> Man pages says as much: >> >> >> chmod preserves a directory's set-user-ID and set-group-ID bits >> unless you explicitly specify other- >> wise. You can set or clear the bits with symbolic modes like >> u+s and g-s, and you can set (but not >> clear) the bits with a numeric mode. >> >> >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kyle O'Donnell >> Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:11 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [rhelv6-list] found a chmod bug in rhel 6.0 >> >> >> I think I found a bug with chmod, but I could just be >> misinformed... >> >> It looks like the numerical permission syntax for setuid/setgid >> can only be unset with the alphabetical syntax on directories. >> >> 755 permission set on at directory >> # ls -lad at >> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 24 11:35 at >> >> add setgid >> # chmod 2755 at >> # ls -lad at >> drwxr-sr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 24 11:35 at >> >> attempt to remove setgid >> # chmod 0755 at >> # ls -lad at >> drwxr-sr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 24 11:35 at >> didnt work >> >> another attempt to remove setgid >> # chmod 755 at >> # ls -lad at >> drwxr-sr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 24 11:35 at >> also didn't work >> >> and one more >> # chmod g-s at >> # ls -lad at >> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 24 11:35 at >> success >> >> This doesn't appear to affect files only directories. >> >> >> --kyleo >> >> >> >> This email communication and any files transmitted with it may contain >> confidential and or proprietary information and is provided for the use of >> the intended recipient only. Any review, retransmission or dissemination of >> this information by anyone other than the intended recipient is prohibited. >> If you receive this email in error, please contact the sender and delete >> this communication and any copies immediately. Thank you. >> http://www.encana.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> rhelv6-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv6-list >> >> > _______________________________________________ > rhelv6-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv6-list >
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