From: Zefram <A.Main@dcs.warwick.ac.uk>
To: colin@fuligin.loni.ucla.edu (Colin Holmes)
Cc: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu (Z Shell users mailing list)
Subject: Re: [[ -x ]] and root
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 18:53:42 +0100 (BST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8258.199607151753@granite.dcs.warwick.ac.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <199607151726.KAA24274@fuligin.loni.ucla.edu> from "Colin Holmes" at Jul 15, 96 10:26:42 am
>However, [[ -x file ]] returns true for all files when run under a root process,
>even for files --r--r--r that (correctly) fail execution for root with "permission
>denied:"
>
>Is this a zsh "feature" or am I misunderstanding something fundamental?
It's a "feature" of most Linux kernels, that broke one of my scripts.
If you are indeed using Linux, complain to Linus -- he was sent correct
patches to fix this problem months ago, but he seems to have ignored
them.
-zefram
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1996-07-15 18:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1996-07-15 17:26 Colin Holmes
1996-07-15 17:53 ` Zefram [this message]
1996-07-16 17:57 Colin Holmes
1996-07-16 19:41 ` Zefram
1996-07-16 21:05 ` Bart Schaefer
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