Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 16 Oct 2001 02:57:42 +0200 | From | Guest section DW <> | Subject | Re: Anomalous results from access(2) |
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On Mon, Oct 15, 2001 at 03:18:09PM -0700, David S. wrote:
> [1.] Anomalous results from access(2) > > [2.] When by root run against files in the ext2 file system, access(2) > reports non-executable files as executable. For a non-privileged > user, access(2) reports non-executable files as non-executable.
All is entirely according to specs. I added the sentence
If the process has appropriate privileges, an implementa- tion may indicate success for X_OK even if none of the execute file permission bits are set.
to access.2.
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