Bug 132145 - dos2unix doesn't preserve the file permissions
Summary: dos2unix doesn't preserve the file permissions
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: dos2unix
Version: 2
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Mike A. Harris
QA Contact: Ben Levenson
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2004-09-09 07:39 UTC by Péter, Soós
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:10 UTC (History)
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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2005-05-20 00:35:36 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2005:195 0 low SHIPPED_LIVE dos2unix and unix2dos bug fix update 2005-05-19 04:00:00 UTC

Description Péter, Soós 2004-09-09 07:39:06 UTC
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Description of problem:
It seems like dos2unix doesn't preserve the file permissions (group
read/write):

$ ls -l proba.txt
-rw-rw-r--  1 sp sp 39 Sep  9 09:24 proba.txt
$ dos2unix proba.txt
dos2unix: converting file proba.txt to UNIX format ...
$ ls -l proba.txt
-rw-------  1 sp sp 37 Sep  9 09:24 proba.txt


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
dos2unix-3.1-17

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. create a file with permissions 664
2. dos2unix it

    

Actual Results:  dos2unix doesn't preserve the file permissions

Expected Results:  dos2unix preserves the file permissions

Additional info:

Comment 1 Mike A. Harris 2004-09-26 09:04:56 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 91331 ***

Comment 2 Tim Powers 2005-05-20 00:35:36 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-2005-195.html



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