Re: file attributes (ext2/3) in 2.4.26

[Marcelo Tosatti]

On Mon, May 17, 2004 at 08:51:41PM +0200, Herbert Poetzl wrote:
> 
> Hi Folks!
> 
> is it intentional that the file attributes
> (those accessible with chattr -*) are modifyable
> even if a file has the 'i' immutable flag set,
> and the user is lacking CAP_IMMUTABLE (or all
> CAPs if you prefer that ;)
> 
> # touch /tmp/x
> # chattr +iaA /tmp/x
> 
> # lcap -z
> # chattr -i /tmp/x 
> chattr: Operation not permitted while setting flags on /tmp/x
> 
> # chattr -A /tmp/x 
> # lsattr /tmp/x
> ----ia------- /tmp/x
> 
> I'd consider this a bug, but it might be some
> strange posix/linux conformance issue too ...
> 
> let me know if this _is_ a bug, if so, I'm 
> willing to provide patches to fix it ...

Hi Herbert,

The chattr man page says

       A file with the `i' attribute cannot be modified: it cannot be  deleted
       or  renamed,  no  link  can  be created to this file and no data can be
       written to the file.  Only the superuser or a  process  possessing  the
       CAP_LINUX_IMMUTABLE capability can set or clear this attribute.

You still can modify other flags from the file, right?
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/