+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #668915 +++ Description of problem: setfacl does not update ctime when changing file permission on ext3/4 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): RHEL6 GA (2.6.32-71.el6) How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: # touch aaa # stat -c %Z aaa 1275289822 # setfacl -m 'u::x,g::x,o::x' aaa # stat -c %Z aaa 1275289822 <- unchanged Actual results: ctime is not updated after setfacl Expected results: ctime is updated after setfacl Additional info: These two issues are already fixed in upstream: ・ext3: update ctime when changing the file's permission by setfacl http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=30e2bab2d6e22188c6d36a09cdcffb4748d2dbe5 - This problem is solved on ext4 by the following patch file merged in kernel-2.6.36. ・ext4: update ctime when changing the file's permission by setfacl http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c6ac12a6159c802ae8b757dd13563564e64333df
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[root@bear-05 tmp]# touch aaa [root@bear-05 tmp]# stat -c %Z aaa 1314040539 [root@bear-05 tmp]# setfacl -m 'u::x,g::x,o::x' aaa [root@bear-05 tmp]# stat -c %Z aaa 1314040547 [root@bear-05 ~]# uname -a Linux bear-05 2.6.18-274.el5 #1 SMP Fri Jul 8 17:36:59 EDT 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux This is fixed - dup of bug #709224 *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 709224 ***