From nobody Thu May 23 02:41:55 2024 X-Original-To: dev-commits-src-branches@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4VlC9v5fPqz5LZ5P; Thu, 23 May 2024 02:41:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:3]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org", Issuer "R3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4VlC9v2zP5z42ML; Thu, 23 May 2024 02:41:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1716432115; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding; bh=tn3IyRI0eV8ZAy7J+14LgrOGmTVRB2hGL5vOMEBQDl0=; b=sK4tRHQeD7z+4UfEg/rrbQwcg5elKAgvboJqc/P1auv4UUS4nwLPdQ0oKmO6v9/73IoPEP phvY+p9hhriAR8N6WAeVCZu7GiDLG9wPms6eat9AABuSWwAR12bOeTFY94OvA84L0zMLdr z0tXj4mXTpYoGZB3w1c0DznqUHnvOSgGCIywKlbIc5EgQaj9cneKRC36rVz2dnksNw0rxL NB8CFlbwyjFIXm+DcTWTpU/tDF3IkCN9RsnH1RlkNJeqSUQYqvl4TYaoc//lPX3diz6bSo RD1iCgFoynK0bg+fmAScei2wACIGjg/lSkaPnU0G2vyjeqtwnq2fkPX2iGJmdA== ARC-Seal: i=1; s=dkim; d=freebsd.org; t=1716432115; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; b=gB24aPr8Fm2An5R7RjZC8jnn6mvovA3Gn80EkJi4oM6kQhxwUA9m1aD5W2HhsRjqacOBog u/dP0nnpX9Q1K+LSv4KsR55mEh6bEJc3Aih4ODk72ZuiuXwtwwzFiBc6tpalm+iV6zhuQS 9EAyNOEha+/vNOno8etXGNvtMToxlwdtk3/YyKAZfA2NB7mHeL/LgUxAPF0XAbQq80qR9W WzuHdihl+PYXfFpAgoDvW3LpuZ9e8G804hZB9PTd9iNU4fCzgrVEdSVvMjqV/idVJ7fPZz FTISmfp+a5xIlwxVT9mMwa3P0ISc+7Pf8dirTk46uE8kxVQS48MedShOnQST3A== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx1.freebsd.org; none ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1716432115; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding; bh=tn3IyRI0eV8ZAy7J+14LgrOGmTVRB2hGL5vOMEBQDl0=; b=AKHXGXt0KH4EnQ+KTh7US0fvoi1gMwYo1OZXb2nj9Q6k3Cs6qHZexbB3sMPSeXsLcFlMts 95IOKRbr6erLaxWGC+qCC9sX7LUcsgNBtcQc5agNSaLUQbqgm6jgvc/9laZ4GQzEZtkmkd zND7isjKsWiUV5T2HT/6Nn3CqBCWwqljfzeqYkPvkUVFUATNWRjkwq2MHLJoycb5trPHgm /9c3xqK05tEO3CmrVQOiPw+krxtsDrAof/BGbxMd8Ejw6c10+baTS+Ipqz4bvUo6ydbLo6 yVnMI3SJYPKiaxu1Ze/iuYYxgZx/W2iIYsE4J7utABjl5j9RBVeX00kI+F2Cbg== Received: from gitrepo.freebsd.org (gitrepo.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:6068::e6a:5]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4VlC9v2bB7zXbc; Thu, 23 May 2024 02:41:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) Received: from gitrepo.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.44]) by gitrepo.freebsd.org (8.17.1/8.17.1) with ESMTP id 44N2ftGD054196; Thu, 23 May 2024 02:41:55 GMT (envelope-from git@gitrepo.freebsd.org) Received: (from git@localhost) by gitrepo.freebsd.org (8.17.1/8.17.1/Submit) id 44N2ftsJ054193; Thu, 23 May 2024 02:41:55 GMT (envelope-from git) Date: Thu, 23 May 2024 02:41:55 GMT Message-Id: <202405230241.44N2ftsJ054193@gitrepo.freebsd.org> To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-branches@FreeBSD.org From: Dag-Erling =?utf-8?Q?Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= Subject: git: f075b6113726 - stable/14 - access.2: Mention that lstat(2) should be used for symbolic links List-Id: Commits to the stable branches of the FreeBSD src repository List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/dev-commits-src-branches List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-BeenThere: dev-commits-src-branches@freebsd.org Sender: owner-dev-commits-src-branches@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Git-Committer: des X-Git-Repository: src X-Git-Refname: refs/heads/stable/14 X-Git-Reftype: branch X-Git-Commit: f075b6113726d74342d4af15dfab60709f50b859 Auto-Submitted: auto-generated The branch stable/14 has been updated by des: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=f075b6113726d74342d4af15dfab60709f50b859 commit f075b6113726d74342d4af15dfab60709f50b859 Author: Gordon Bergling AuthorDate: 2024-05-13 08:40:12 +0000 Commit: Dag-Erling Smørgrav CommitDate: 2024-05-23 02:41:32 +0000 access.2: Mention that lstat(2) should be used for symbolic links access(), eaccess() and faccessat() will always dereference symbolic links. So add a note in the manual page, that lstat(2) should be used in the case of symbolic links. PR: 262895 Reviewed by: gbe, pauamma_gundo.com MFC after: 1 week Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D44890 (cherry picked from commit 421025a274fb5759b3ecc8bdb30b24db830b45ae) --- lib/libc/sys/access.2 | 11 ++++++++++- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/access.2 b/lib/libc/sys/access.2 index 681e4483a9e6..64ed1133b23d 100644 --- a/lib/libc/sys/access.2 +++ b/lib/libc/sys/access.2 @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ .\" .\" @(#)access.2 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/1/94 .\" -.Dd March 30, 2021 +.Dd May 13, 2024 .Dt ACCESS 2 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -149,6 +149,15 @@ Likewise for .Dv R_OK and .Dv W_OK . +.Pp +.Fn access , +.Fn eaccess +and +.Fn faccessat +will always dereference symbolic links. +If the symbolic link itself needs to be referenced, +.Xr lstat 2 +should be used instead. .Sh RETURN VALUES .Rv -std .Sh ERRORS