Debian bug report logs - #845 , boring messages ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#845: access(2) is ambiguous Reply-To: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson), debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-From: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk Resent-Date: Sun, 30 Apr 1995 14:03:07 GMT Resent-Message-ID: X-Debian-PR-Package: manpages X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Sun, 30 Apr 1995 14:03:07 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail id 043013565122174; Sun, 30 Apr 1995 13:56:51 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0s5ZSJ-0005lyC; Sun, 30 Apr 95 06:54 PDT Received: from bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA28422 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for ); Sun, 30 Apr 1995 06:54:36 -0700 Received: by bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk (Smail-3.1.29.0 #36) id m0s5ZRl-000BzoC; Sun, 30 Apr 95 14:54 BST Received: by chiark id m0s5Ewb-0000Y7Z (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.30); Sat, 29 Apr 95 17:00 BST Message-Id: Date: Sat, 29 Apr 95 17:00 BST From: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: Debian bugs submission address Package: manpages Version: 1.5-1 The access(2) manpage fails to state clearly that if more than one access type is requested the call will fail and return an error code if any of the access types requested fails (rather than succeeding if any of them succeeds). It also doesn't mention clearly enough that if pathname is a symlink the check refers to the file referenced by the symlink (as well as the directories involved in getting there and getting to the symlink). Ian. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) Subject: Bug#845: Acknowledgement (was: access(2) is ambiguous) In-Reply-To: References: Thank you for the problem report you have sent regarding Debian GNU/Linux. This is an automatically generated reply, to let you know your message has been received. It is being forwarded to the developers' mailing list for their attention; they will reply in due course. If you wish to submit further information on your problem, please send it to debian-bugs@pixar.com, but please ensure that the Subject line of your message starts with "Bug#845" or "Re: Bug#845" so that we can identify it as relating to the same problem. Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the bug-tracking system. Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov