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bug#54338: enhancement (documentation): explain permission tests in "tes
From: |
Ulrich Windl |
Subject: |
bug#54338: enhancement (documentation): explain permission tests in "test" |
Date: |
Fri, 11 Mar 2022 11:42:13 +0100 |
I noticed that "test -r file" returns success when called as root for a file
with these permissions:
"--w-------" (see also https://stackoverflow.com/q/71435657/6607497)
The documentation simply states:
‘-r FILE’
True if FILE exists and read permission is granted.
Doing an strace it seems stat() is used to check the permissions (well, what
about ACLs, just in case?)
I think there should be a better explanatiomn how the permission tests work,
especially when called as "root".
(Report based on coreutils-8.32-150300.3.5.1 from openSUSE Leap 15.3)
- bug#54338: enhancement (documentation): explain permission tests in "test",
Ulrich Windl <=