Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 21:35:56 +0300 From: Arkadi Shishlov <arkadi@hosting.lv> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: bin/67943: find(1) fails when current directory is not readable by user Message-ID: <E1BZwJI-0004fy-00@idea.hosting.lv> Resent-Message-ID: <200406141840.i5EIeMeq027668@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 67943 >Category: bin >Synopsis: find(1) fails when current directory is not readable by user >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Jun 14 18:40:22 GMT 2004 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Arkadi Shishlov >Release: FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE-p3 i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD idea.hosting.lv 4.9-RELEASE-p3 FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE-p3 #0: Wed Mar 3 21:51:26 EET 2004 root@idea.hosting.lv:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/idea i386 >Description: find(1) utility opens current directory dotfd = open(".", O_RDONLY, 0) and use obtained dotfd handle later in fchdir(). If current directory is not readable by user then find fails. >How-To-Repeat: mkdir dir chmod -r dir cd dir find /tmp find: .: Permission denied >Fix: dotfd handle is only used when -exec predicate is requested. find(1) from GNU findutils combat this situation by using getcwd() call in case cwd is not readable. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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