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| author | Karel Zak | 2007-01-31 16:43:18 +0100 |
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| committer | Karel Zak | 2007-01-31 16:43:18 +0100 |
| commit | d8ef4c19ab6ebe29b1deb5d5445cba6d76192a4f (patch) | |
| tree | af69ddf9d666eaafb36bd99b5787a7c8b5fb4e6e /misc-utils/namei.1 | |
| parent | col: getwchar() errors shouldn't be hidden (diff) | |
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namei: fix logic and infinite loop of symlinks
Don't follow the path if a component is not directory. It doesn't make sense
to support something like:
$ touch a b
$ namei a/b <-- where "a" is not directory
The support for infinite loop of symbolic links is a strange wish only. The
stack size is very limited. Try:
$ ln -s x
$ namei x/x
[Migration note: severity="low"]
Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'misc-utils/namei.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | misc-utils/namei.1 | 4 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/misc-utils/namei.1 b/misc-utils/namei.1 index 348a37894..96fa89908 100644 --- a/misc-utils/namei.1 +++ b/misc-utils/namei.1 @@ -52,9 +52,5 @@ for example 'rwxr-xr-x'. Roger Southwick (rogers@amadeus.wr.tek.com) .SH BUGS To be discovered. -.SH CAVEATS -.I Namei -will follow an infinite loop of symbolic links forever. To escape, use -SIGINT (usually ^C). .SH "SEE ALSO" ls(1), stat(1) |