Description of Problem: /bin/chmod o=u is broken (omits write bit) see below: Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): fileutils-4.1-10 How Reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: $ umask 0 $ umask 0000 $ touch foo $ /bin/chmod 700 foo $ ls -l foo -rwx------ 1 corey wheel 0 Aug 5 14:24 foo $ /bin/chmod o=u foo Actual Results: $ ls -l foo -rwx---r-x 1 corey wheel 0 Aug 5 14:24 foo Expected Results: $ ls -l foo -rwx---rwx 1 corey wheel 0 Aug 5 14:24 foo Additional Information: I'm told this is broken in 7.2 as well. Old chmod binary from 6.x works right under 7.3
This bug appears to be fixed in fileutils-4.1.9-4. CLOSED->RAWHIDE