Debian bug report logs - #845 access(2) is ambiguous Package: manpages ; Reported by: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson); 184 days old . ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From cus.cam.ac.uk!iwj10 Sun Apr 30 06:54:39 1995 Return-Path: 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 Subject: access(2) is ambiguous 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) : New bug report received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Report forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#845 ; Package manpages . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov