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Re: cpio -itv < problems

#805
From: Will Nelson
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 1988 03:34
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In article <913@rivm05.UUCP>, ccea3@rivm.UUCP (Adri Verhoef) writes:
> Bug: `cpio' does not work when it can't open one of it's parent directories.
> Repeat-by:
> 	$ id
> 	uid=104(ccea3) gid=101(cce)
> 	$ cd /tmp
> 	$ mkdir tst1; cd tst1
> 	$ mkdir tst2; cd tst2
> 	$ chgrp bin ..
> 	$ chown bin ..
> 	$ pwd
> 	/tmp/tst1/tst2
> 	$ touch bugs.cpio
> 	$ cpio -itv < bugs.cpio
> 	sh: pwd: cannot open ..
> 	$ ls -ld . ..
> 	drwxr-x---   2 ccea3    cce           32 May 31 22:04 .
> 	drwxr-x---   3 bin      bin           48 May 31 22:04 ..
> 
> `cpio' should only display the contents of the file "bugs.cpio",
> but it can't open one of its parent directories
> and the file's contents will not be displayed.
> Has this been fixed in any release?  (On System V.3.1 it still isn't.)
> 
> Adri verhoef,
> mcvax!rivm!a3

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From: will@cygnet.CYGNETSYSTEMS (Will Nelson)
Newsgroups: comp.bugs.sys5,comp.unix.wizards,comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: cpio -itv < problems
Summary: The problem is with your directory permissions.
  Unless you are a member of group bin, which is unlikely,
  you must chmod o+rx the directory.
Keywords: pwd .. getcwd cpio "sh: pwd: cannot open .."
Message-ID: <762@cygnet.CYGNETSYSTEMS>
Date: 14 Jul 88 03:34:20 GMT
References: <913@rivm05.UUCP>
Organization: Cygnet Systems -- Sunnyvale, Ca
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