Package: bash Version: 4.1-3 Severity: minor
Hi, I have a bit unusual context: as root create # mkdir -p /foo/bar/baz and set # chmod go= /foo then # cd /foo/bar && su $user -c '/bin/bash --posix' Now, as $user, who does not have permissions on /foo, but does on the current directory /foo/bar and subdir baz, I run (and get the error): $ cd baz bash: cd: baz: Not a directory Note that I _do_ expect an error message, but _not this one_. Instead e.g. dash reports: $ cd baz cd: 1: can't cd to baz It's maybe worth pointing out that this behaviour is only triggered when bash runs in POSIX mode, and thus defaults to using logical pathname resolution (option -L) as in the POSIX spec[1]. In non-POSIX mode, the 'cd baz' just works (which initially seemed to me to be a discrepancy in either bash or dash). Best, Jaap [1] http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/cd.html -- System Information: Debian Release: 6.0.6 APT prefers stable APT policy: (800, 'stable'), (500, 'stable-updates'), (199, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/3 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages bash depends on: ii base-files 6.0squeeze6 Debian base system miscellaneous f ii dash 0.5.5.1-7.4 POSIX-compliant shell ii debianutils 3.4 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii libc6 2.11.3-4 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libncurses5 5.7+20100313-5 shared libraries for terminal hand Versions of packages bash recommends: ii bash-completion 1:1.2-3 programmable completion for the ba Versions of packages bash suggests: pn bash-doc <none> (no description available) -- Configuration Files: /etc/bash.bashrc changed [not included] /etc/bash_completion changed [not included] -- no debconf information ----- End forwarded message ----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
