85413 – access("~/",W_OK); returns 0 while in sandbox

Bug 85413 - access("~/",W_OK); returns 0 while in sandbox

Summary: access("~/",W_OK); returns 0 while in sandbox

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Portage Development
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Sandbox (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High enhancement (vote)
Assignee:	Sandbox Maintainers

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Reported:	2005-03-15 13:52 UTC by ratmice
Modified:	2005-06-09 08:47 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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should show what i mean... (sandbox-access-test.tar.gz,1.12 KB, application/gzip) 2005-04-13 20:52 UTC, ratmice	Details
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Description ratmice 2005-03-15 13:52:10 UTC

according to the access() function ~ is writable, but then the sandbox gives an ACCESS VIOLATION when you attempt to write to it.  It would be nice if access() were wrapped to return -1 if a write would produce an access violation.


Reproducible: Always
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Comment 1 Brian Harring (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-04-13 19:17:07 UTC

Err... what access funcs?  os?

Comment 2 ratmice 2005-04-13 20:52:44 UTC

Created attachment 56221 [details]
should show what i mean...

ebuild which runs a program which calls access 2 and creates a file if access
returns ok

Comment 3 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-04-13 23:47:59 UTC

I know about this, and will fix it at some stage.

Comment 4 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-06-09 08:47:52 UTC

Added to svn repo, will be in sandbox-1.2.9.