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Subject: bin/5733: cp -r cannot copy un-writable directories
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>Number:         5733
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       cp -r cannot copy un-writable directories
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Feb 12 19:00:03 PST 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Erik Rantapaa
>Organization:
USWest Interact
>Release:        2.2.5
>Environment:
FreeBSD source1.oss.uswest.net 2.2.5-STABLE FreeBSD 2.2.5-STABLE #0: Mon Dec  8 12:54:06 CST 1997     root@amanda1.oss.uswest.net:/usr/src/sys/compile/SOURCE  i386

>Description:
 mkdir /tmp/foo
 touch /tmp/foo/bar
 chmod a-w /tmp/foo
 cp -r /tmp/foo .

cp: ./foo/bar: Permission denied
>How-To-Repeat:
see above

>Fix:
change the cp code to set the directory permissions after
it's done recursing through the directory.
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:

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