I must say that I dont know what the standards say, but...
On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 01:28:28PM +, David Howells wrote:
> (1) Linux can't rename directories that are marked as read-only. This is
> strange because the directories actually being modified _do_ have write
> permission.
Run the following script (It's been tried on linux-2.2.x and linux-2.4.x):
#!/bin/sh
cd /tmp
mkdir x
cd x
mkdir x y z
strace -etrace=rename,mkdir,rmdir,chmod mv x z
echo -
chmod -w y
strace -etrace=rename,mkdir,rmdir,chmod mv y z
The output:
rename("x", "z/x") = 0
Run the following script (It's been tried on linux-2.2.x and linux-2.4.x):
#!/bin/sh
cd /tmp
mkdir x
cd x
mkdir x y z
strace -etrace=rename,mkdir,rmdir,chmod mv x z
echo -
chmod -w y
strace -etrace=rename,mkdir,rmdir,chmod mv y z
The output:
rename("x", "z/x") = 0
I must say that I dont know what the standards say, but...
On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 01:28:28PM +, David Howells wrote:
(1) Linux can't rename directories that are marked as read-only. This is
strange because the directories actually being modified _do_ have write
permission.
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