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Re: Where to report: root fails to edit other users file in sticky bit directory



On Tue, Dec 08, 2020 at 03:57:17PM +0100, MichaIng wrote:

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> @Tomas:
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> root@VM-Bullseye:/tmp# id
> uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root)
> root@VM-Bullseye:/tmp# >> testfile
> -bash: testfile: Permission denied
> root@VM-Bullseye:/tmp# dash -c '>> testfile'
> dash: 1: cannot create testfile: Permission denied

Oh, I see. Strange error message though -- I'd expect dash to
try to open the file in append mode, not to `create' it.

Thanks for reporting back, cheers
 - t

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