Re: Anomalous results from access(2)

[Guest section DW]

On Mon, Oct 15, 2001 at 03:18:09PM -0700, David S. wrote:

> [1.]	Anomalous results from access(2)
> 
> [2.]	When by root run against files in the ext2 file system, access(2)
> 	reports non-executable files as executable.  For a non-privileged
> 	user, access(2) reports non-executable files as non-executable.

All is entirely according to specs.  I added the sentence

       If  the process has appropriate privileges, an implementa-
       tion may indicate success for X_OK even  if  none  of  the
       execute file permission bits are set.

to access.2.