Bug 183627

Summary: dos2unix doesn't preserve mode
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 Reporter: Tim Waugh <twaugh>
Component: dos2unixAssignee: Tim Waugh <twaugh>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Ben Levenson <benl>
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Version: 2.1CC: mudwa, ramasubbu_sk, redhat, sp
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Fixed In Version: RHBA-2005-145 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Description Tim Waugh 2006-03-02 12:12:15 UTC 
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #91331 +++

[hjl@gnu-d tmp]$ touch foo
[hjl@gnu-d tmp]$ chmod +x foo
[hjl@gnu-d tmp]$ ls -l foo
-rwxr-xr-x    1 hjl      hjl             0 May 21 08:14 foo
[hjl@gnu-d tmp]$ dos2unix foo
dos2unix: converting file foo to UNIX format ...
[hjl@gnu-d tmp]$ ls -l foo
-rw-------    1 hjl      hjl             0 May 21 08:14 foo

-- Additional comment from hjl on 2003-05-21 11:14 EST --
Created an attachment (id=91860)
A patch to preserve mode


-- Additional comment from mharris on 2003-05-21 11:29 EST --
*** Bug 55183 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

-- Additional comment from anders on 2003-11-05 23:03 EST --
I think it's worth pointing out that the user and group aren't
preserved either, though that's probably harder to fix.
Comment 5 Red Hat Bugzilla 2006-03-13 20:51:47 UTC 
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2005-145.html