Re: Where to report: root fails to edit other users file in sticky bit directory

From	<tomas@tuxteam.de>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Where to report: root fails to edit other users file in sticky bit directory
Date	2020-12-08 17:50 +0100
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On Tue, Dec 08, 2020 at 05:09:09PM +0100, MichaIng wrote:

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> >>dash: 1: cannot create testfile: Permission denied
> >
> >Oh, I see. Strange error message though -- I'd expect dash to
> >try to open the file in append mode, not to `create' it.

> I was also wondering about that, but dash prints this message
> regardless if the file exists already or not, if permissions are not
> there. Note that creating a new file works fine, removing a file as
> well, only writing to an existing file fails, regardless of shell or
> originating program.

Shot in the dark. Is perchance `noclobber' set? You can test that
with `set -o'

Other than that, I'd resort to strace in my despair, to actually
find out which syscall is returning what at this failure point.

Sorry I have no better ideas...

Cheers
 - t

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Where to report: root fails to edit other users file in sticky bit  directory MichaIng <micha@dietpi.com> - 2020-12-04 15:00 +0100
  Re: Where to report: root fails to edit other users file in sticky  bit directory <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-12-04 15:20 +0100
  Re: Where to report: root fails to edit other users file in sticky  bit directory Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-12-04 16:10 +0100
  Re: Where to report: root fails to edit other users file in sticky  bit directory MichaIng <micha@dietpi.com> - 2020-12-08 16:00 +0100
    Re: Where to report: root fails to edit other users file in sticky  bit directory Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-12-08 16:20 +0100
      Re: Where to report: root fails to edit other users file in sticky  bit directory MichaIng <micha@dietpi.com> - 2020-12-08 16:50 +0100
        Re: Where to report: root fails to edit other users file in sticky  bit directory Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-12-09 10:30 +0100
    Re: Where to report: root fails to edit other users file in sticky  bit directory <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-12-08 17:00 +0100
      Re: Where to report: root fails to edit other users file in sticky  bit directory MichaIng <micha@dietpi.com> - 2020-12-08 17:10 +0100
        Re: Where to report: root fails to edit other users file in sticky  bit directory <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-12-08 17:50 +0100
          Re: Where to report: root fails to edit other users file in sticky  bit directory MichaIng <micha@dietpi.com> - 2020-12-08 18:10 +0100
            Re: Where to report: root fails to edit other users file in sticky  bit directory <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-12-08 18:50 +0100
              Re: Where to report: root fails to edit other users file in sticky  bit directory Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-12-08 19:30 +0100
                Re: Where to report: root fails to edit other users file in sticky  bit directory MichaIng <micha@dietpi.com> - 2020-12-08 22:00 +0100
                Re: Where to report: root fails to edit other users file in sticky  bit directory Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-12-08 22:10 +0100
                Re: Where to report: root fails to edit other users file in sticky  bit directory MichaIng <micha@dietpi.com> - 2020-12-09 00:10 +0100
                Re: Where to report: root fails to edit other users file in sticky  bit directory Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-12-09 04:00 +0100
                Re: Where to report: root fails to edit other users file in sticky  bit directory MichaIng <micha@dietpi.com> - 2020-12-09 17:40 +0100
    Re: Where to report: root fails to edit other users file in sticky  bit directory Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-12-09 10:40 +0100
      Re: Where to report: root fails to edit other users file in sticky  bit directory MichaIng <micha@dietpi.com> - 2020-12-09 16:50 +0100
        Re: Where to report: root fails to edit other users file in sticky  bit directory Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-12-09 16:50 +0100

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