[ksh93-integration-discuss] Re: Small sticky-bit bug in "mkdir" builtin...

[Glenn Fowler]

the problem is solaris mkdir(2) turns off the sticky bit
solaris /bin/mkdir compensates by lstat/chmod after mkdir
to make sure certain bits are set -- I'll have to do the same
for -lcmd mkdir

On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 22:27:57 +0200 Roland Mainz wrote:
> Hi!

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> Just found a small issue in libcmd's "mkdir" from ast-ksh.2007-04-18:

> It seems the sticky bit (e.g. "t") is not set when I set the mode to
> "1777":
> -- snip --
> $ umask
> 0022
> $ ~/ksh93/ast_ksh_20070418/build_32bit/arch/sol11.i386/bin/ksh -c 'mkdir
> -m 1777 foo_builtin'
> $ /bin/mkdir -m 1777 foo_external
> $ ls -lad foo*
> drwxrwxrwx   2 gisburn  ksh93  512 Apr 25 22:22 foo_builtin
> drwxrwxrwt   2 gisburn  ksh93  512 Apr 25 22:23 foo_external
> -- snip --

> Glenn: Can you reproduce the issue on your side ?

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> Bye,
> Roland

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