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authorDenys Vlasenko2010-06-18 02:12:56 +0200
committerDenys Vlasenko2010-06-18 02:12:56 +0200
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add a comment about sed and suid bits
Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
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diff --git a/editors/sed.c b/editors/sed.c
index a5ef400..28f0c73 100644
--- a/editors/sed.c
+++ b/editors/sed.c
@@ -1365,6 +1365,8 @@ int sed_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
/* Set permissions/owner of output file */
fstat(fileno(file), &statbuf);
+ /* chmod'ing AFTER chown would preserve suid/sgid bits,
+ * but GNU sed 4.2.1 does not preserve them either */
fchmod(nonstdoutfd, statbuf.st_mode);
fchown(nonstdoutfd, statbuf.st_uid, statbuf.st_gid);
add_input_file(file);