Steve, thanks for the hint to the discussion. So if I got this right, I could restore the behaviour of previous Ubuntu versions by setting fs.protected_regular=0.
For my personal purpose of backing up files with rsync, I found out that I can also work around this by _not_ using the --inplace option of rsync in my backup script. It seems that I actually don't need to use this option for my usecase, and not using it seems to avoid the scenario where root has to write to files in sticky directories belonging to different users (instead rsync can just make an updated copy and delete the original file). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1873785 Title: Root can't modify files of other users in directories with sticky bit anymore To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/procps/+bug/1873785/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
