Unlinking objects in a directory with sticky bit set

Matthew Dillon dillon at apollo.backplane.com
Sun May 3 20:28:21 PDT 2009


:The problem is I (as a non-root user) can still rename(2) an object that
:I do not own, in a sticky directory on HAMMER filesystem.
:
:On UFS:
:# mkdir -m 1777 sticky && touch sticky/ROOT
:# su -m nobody -c 'cd sticky && mv ROOT R00T && echo HEY'
:mv: rename ROOT to R00T: Operation not permitted
:
:On HAMMER:
:# mkdir -m 1777 sticky && touch sticky/ROOT
:# su -m nobody -c 'cd sticky && mv ROOT R00T && echo HEY'
:HEY

    test28# su -m nobody -c 'cd sticky && mv ROOT R00T2 && echo HEY'
    mv: rename ROOT to R00T2: No such file or directory
    test28#

    There may be a short cut for renaming a file to itself, which is
    basically a NOP.  I'll track down the path.

					-Matt
					Matthew Dillon 
					<dillon at backplane.com>





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