From d58bc5bf6e146c4472d6ebf854549c9f78a3ed65 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: msmith Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 06:37:01 +0000 Subject: - mkdir -m should call chmod because the high-order bits get ignored by the kernel as a security feature of some sort. Submitted by: Wilfredo Sanchez --- bin/mkdir/mkdir.c | 20 +++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'bin/mkdir') diff --git a/bin/mkdir/mkdir.c b/bin/mkdir/mkdir.c index ed26dc8..e11cfb0 100644 --- a/bin/mkdir/mkdir.c +++ b/bin/mkdir/mkdir.c @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ static char const copyright[] = static char sccsid[] = "@(#)mkdir.c 8.2 (Berkeley) 1/25/94"; #endif static const char rcsid[] = - "$Id$"; + "$Id: mkdir.c,v 1.11 1998/05/15 06:23:45 charnier Exp $"; #endif /* not lint */ #include @@ -105,6 +105,15 @@ main(argc, argv) warn("%s", *argv); exitval = 1; } + /* + * The mkdir() and umask() calls both honor only the low + * nine bits, so if you try to set a mode including the + * sticky, setuid, setgid bits you lose them. So chmod(). + */ + if (chmod(*argv, mode) == -1) { + warn("%s", *argv); + exitval = 1; + } } exit(exitval); } @@ -160,6 +169,15 @@ build(path, omode) retval = 1; break; } + /* + * The mkdir() and umask() calls both honor only the low + * nine bits, so if you try to set a mode including the + * sticky, setuid, setgid bits you lose them. So chmod(). + */ + if (chmod(*path, mode) == -1) { + warn("%s", *path); + exitval = 1; + } } else if ((sb.st_mode & S_IFMT) != S_IFDIR) { if (last) -- cgit v1.1