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rm shouldn't need to read the current working directory


From: David Cantrell
Subject: rm shouldn't need to read the current working directory
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 14:19:59 +0000
User-agent: Mutt/1.5.9i

GNU rm seems to need read permission on the current working directory,
and to fail if it can't:

# cd some-place-only-root-can-read
# sudo -u peon rm /some/file/the/peon/has/permission/to/rm
rm: cannot lstat `.': Permission denied

Looks like a bug to me!  This was using:

rm (fileutils) 4.1

-- 
David Cantrell

    I caught myself pulling grey hairs out of my beard.
    I'm definitely not going grey, but I am going vain.




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