From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 7218 invoked from network); 28 May 2004 19:42:21 -0000 Received: from thor.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.86) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 28 May 2004 19:42:21 -0000 Received: (qmail 15744 invoked from network); 28 May 2004 19:42:04 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 28 May 2004 19:42:04 -0000 Received: (qmail 28537 invoked by alias); 28 May 2004 19:41:59 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 19995 Received: (qmail 28524 invoked from network); 28 May 2004 19:41:58 -0000 Received: from thor.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (qmailr@130.225.247.86) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 28 May 2004 19:41:55 -0000 Received: (qmail 15394 invoked from network); 28 May 2004 19:41:55 -0000 Received: from acolyte.scowler.net (216.254.112.45) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 28 May 2004 19:41:53 -0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by acolyte.scowler.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74EF17004C; Fri, 28 May 2004 15:41:26 -0400 (EDT) Received: from acolyte.scowler.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (acolyte [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 07450-01-2; Fri, 28 May 2004 15:41:26 -0400 (EDT) Received: by acolyte.scowler.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 200227004A; Fri, 28 May 2004 15:41:26 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 15:41:26 -0400 From: Clint Adams To: zsh-workers@sunsite.dk Cc: Joey Hess , 251489-forwarded@bugs.debian.org Subject: Re: Bug#251489: noclobber broken as non-root for devices Message-ID: <20040528194126.GA7531@scowler.net> References: <20040528183657.GA28155@kitenet.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040528183657.GA28155@kitenet.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p7 (Debian) at scowler.net X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 on a.mx.sunsite.dk X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=6.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Hits: -4.9 > > joey:~/src/d-i/installer/build/dest/hd-media/2.6>sudo zcat boot.img.gz >/dev/sda > zsh: file exists: /dev/sda > zsh: exit 1 sudo zcat boot.img.gz > /dev/sda > joey:~/src/d-i/installer/build/dest/hd-media/2.6>su > root:/home/joey/src/d-i/installer/build/dest/hd-media/2.6>zcat boot.img.gz >/dev/sda > > This is very annoying, it seems to think that because I'm not root, > I cannot write to devices. I can, and I'm using sudo anyway.. Well, the sudo is irrelevant. The question is how NO_CLOBBER should behave with devices nodes.