Bug 284121

Summary:	getfattr -R follow symlinks
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Doug Mitchell <redhat>
Component:	attr	Assignee:	Zdenek Prikryl <zprikryl>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	7
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Hardware:	x86_64
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Fixed In Version:	2.4.32-3.fc7	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Description Doug Mitchell 2007-09-09 20:42:10 UTC

Description of problem:
getattr -R is following symlinks like getattr -L

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
attr-2.4.32-2.fc7.x86_64

How reproducible:
getfattr -Rd $HOME

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Make a symlink in $HOME pointing to /
2. getfattr -Rd $HOME
3. Watch it start checking things in /usr
  
Actual results:
Follows symlinks

Expected results:
Should not follow symlinks unless -L is specified

Additional info:

Comment 1 Doug Mitchell 2007-09-09 20:43:11 UTC

Oops, please s/getattr/getfattr/g above

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2007-11-06 16:11:11 UTC

attr-2.4.38-2.fc8 has been pushed to the Fedora 8 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2007-11-09 23:49:52 UTC

attr-2.4.32-3.fc7 has been pushed to the Fedora 7 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.