Re: Rsync cannot copy to a vfat partition on kernel 2.6.25

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!

> > We had a user report at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449080
> > that in 2.6.25, he can no longer rsync to a vfat partition, even as root.
> > I just reproduced this here. It gets -EPERM in the mkstemp call.
> > (full strace in the bug report).
> >
> > Did we change behaviour somehow in the vfat code?
> > 2.6.24.7 works fine apparently.
> 
> Yes, it was changed. New one allows only acceptable chmod(), and if not
> acceptable, it returns -EPERM. Old one allows even if it can't store the
> disk inode. But it may be too strict for users.

Hmm... but I guess mkstemp is no longer safe with this?

So we have choice between security hole and regression...?

							Pavel
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