URL: <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?44078>
Summary: Find fails if executed from a directory on which the user has no list permissions and exec is an option used Project: findutils Submitted by: None Submitted on: Sat 24 Jan 2015 06:47:26 PM UTC Category: find Severity: 3 - Normal Item Group: Wrong result Status: None Privacy: Public Assigned to: None Originator Name: Robbie Originator Email: nichols.rob...@gmail.com Open/Closed: Open Discussion Lock: Any Release: 4.4.2 Fixed Release: None _______________________________________________________ Details: from my home directoy this works: sudo -u www-data find /var/www/ -type d ! -perm -070 this does not: sudo -u www-data find /var/www/ -type d ! -perm -070 -exec chmod 770 {} \; failure message: find: pred.c:1932: launch: Assertion `starting_desc >= 0' failed. That same command works fine if I cd to / or /var/www. _______________________________________________________ Reply to this item at: <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?44078> _______________________________________________ Message sent via/by Savannah http://savannah.gnu.org/