http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15446 URL: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_na me=364299f41003042320n7437e4a2j219b32a0a5f8dc50%40mail .gmail.com&forum_name=ltp-list Summary: sysctl(2) can return EACCES without sufficient permissions Product: Documentation Version: unspecified Platform: All OS/Version: Linux Tree: Mainline Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: P1 Component: man-pages AssignedTo: documentation_man-pages@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ReportedBy: yaneurabeya@xxxxxxxxx Regression: No After a semi-lengthy discussion, it turns out that EACCES can and would be set in cases where a sysctl(2) isn't available [in the old model, pending a bug in test_perm] or the file isn't accessible [in the new model]. This currently isn't documented as such in the manpage. It would probably be prudent to add the following to the manpage: EACCES The requested access to the sysctl is not allowed. More testing will need to be performed to ensure that other unexpected errors don't pop up with sysctl(2), if possible time-wise. Credit goes to Shi Weihua for finding the documentation bug, and Eric W. Biederman for noting the bug in the original sysctl(2) implementation. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching the assignee of the bug. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
