Mercurial > dovecot > core-2.2
changeset 1742:05427d8112ee HEAD
comment updates. it's not possible to change the file mode if you're not the
owner..
| author | Timo Sirainen <tss@iki.fi> |
|---|---|
| date | Wed, 27 Aug 2003 01:15:36 +0300 |
| parents | 9df02b1533b3 |
| children | 37881cedb70d |
| files | src/lib/safe-mkdir.c |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/src/lib/safe-mkdir.c Wed Aug 27 00:18:16 2003 +0300 +++ b/src/lib/safe-mkdir.c Wed Aug 27 01:15:36 2003 +0300 @@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ if (!S_ISDIR(st.st_mode) || S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)) i_fatal("Not a directory %s", dir); + /* change the file owner first, since it's the only user one who + can mess up with the file mode. */ if (st.st_uid != uid || st.st_gid != gid) { if (fchown(fd, uid, gid) < 0) i_fatal("fchown() failed for %s: %m", dir); @@ -50,9 +52,7 @@ if (close(fd) < 0) i_fatal("close() failed for %s: %m", dir); - /* make sure we succeeded in everything. chown() and chmod() - are racy: user owned 0777 file - change either and the user - can still change it back. */ + /* paranoia: make sure we succeeded in everything. */ if (lstat(dir, &st) < 0) i_fatal("lstat() check failed for %s: %m", dir);