Bug 44755 – chmod fails on . when there is no execute permission

Bug 44755 - chmod fails on . when there is no execute permission

Summary:	chmod fails on . when there is no execute permission

Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	fileutils (Show other bugs)
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Version:	7.1
Hardware:	i386 Linux

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Assigned To:	Bernhard Rosenkraenzer
QA Contact:	Aaron Brown
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Reported:	2001-06-15 21:23 EDT by caret
Modified:	2007-04-18 12:33 EDT (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Last Closed:	2001-06-22 22:00:55 EDT
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Description caret 2001-06-15 21:23:38 EDT

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Description of problem:
Trying to change the modes of the current directory fails if there
is no execute permission on the directory (as a non-root user).

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
(As a non-root user):

	"mkdir x", "cd x", "chmod 600 .", "chmod 700 ."

Actual Results:  Fails with the error:

	"chmod: getting attributes of `.': Permission Denied"


Expected Results:  So set the file permissions as expected, without
complaint.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Michael Schwendt 2001-06-22 22:00:52 EDT

After "cd x; chmod 600 ." you're in a directory which you may not access (x) any
longer. Try "ls" or "cd ..". It will give the same "permission denied" error.
Specifying the full path when changing permissions fixes this. Or leave that
directory first.

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