Hi Pádraig, I wrote: > > 5) The same thing with 'cp -a' succeeds: > > > > $ build-sparc64/src/cp -a /var/tmp/foo3941 $HOME/foo3941; echo $? > > 0 > > $ build-sparc64-no-acl/src/cp -a /var/tmp/foo3941 $HOME/foo3941; echo $? > > 0 You wrote: > The psuedo code that install(1) uses is: > > copy_reg() > if (x->set_mode) /* install */ > set_acl(dest, x->mode /* 600 */) > ctx->acl = acl_from_mode ( /* 600 */) > acl_set_fd (ctx->acl) /* fails EACCES */ > if (! acls_set) > must_chmod = true; > if (must_chmod) > saved_errno = EACCES; > chmod (ctx->mode /* 600 */) > if (save_errno) > return -1; And, for comparison, what is the pseudo-code that 'cp -a' uses? I would guess that there must be a relevant difference between both. Bruno
