Subject: bin/11214: mfs has mode 1777 hard-coded for the root inode
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: Simon Burge <simonb@wasabisystems.com>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 10/13/2000 10:53:22
>Number: 11214
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: mfs has mode 1777 hard-coded for the root inode
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: bin-bug-people
>State: open
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Fri Oct 13 10:53:01 PDT 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Simon Burge
>Release: all
>Organization:
Wasabi Systems
>Environment:
System: NetBSD thoreau.thistledown.com.au 1.5_ALPHA2 NetBSD 1.5_ALPHA2 (THOREAU)
#14: Mon Sep 25 19:37:35 EST 2000
simonb@thoreau.thistledown.com.au:/usr/obj/sys/arch/alpha/compile/THOREAU alpha
>Description:
mount_mfs is hard-coded to use mode 01777 as the permissions of
the root inode of the mfs, and the current user/group as the
user/group of the root inode. This is not useful for scratch
filesystems where global write permissions is not desired - for
example /var/run.
>How-To-Repeat:
Put "swap /var/run mfs rw,-s=8192" in your fstab, and then look
at the perms of /var/run after a reboot.
>Fix:
None given. As for option names, -m for mode is used, but -p
for permissions isn't. -o for owner is used, -u for user and -g
for group isn't.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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