The sysctls fs.protected_fifos and fs.protected_regular can cause open(2) to fail with EACCES (see Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt for details.) Signed-off-by: Joseph C. Sible <josephcsible@xxxxxxxxx> --- man2/open.2 | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/man2/open.2 b/man2/open.2 index b0f485b..9ee42b2 100644 --- a/man2/open.2 +++ b/man2/open.2 @@ -958,6 +958,16 @@ is not allowed. (See also .BR path_resolution (7).) .TP +.B EACCES +.\" commit 30aba6656f61ed44cba445a3c0d38b296fa9e8f5 +Where +.B O_CREAT +is specified, the fs.protected_fifos or fs.protected_regular sysctl is +enabled, the file already exists and is a FIFO or regular file, the +owner of the file is neither the current user nor the owner of the +containing directory, and the containing directory is both world- or +group-writable and sticky. +.TP .B EDQUOT Where .B O_CREAT -- 2.7.4
