/**
- * @brief Determine whether @c fd is executable (by anyone) or a
- * directory.
+ * @brief Determine whether @c fd is executable by anyone.
+ *
*
* This is used as part of the heuristic to determine whether or not
* we should mask the execute bit when inheriting an ACL. If @c fd
- * describes a directory, the answer is a clear-cut yes. This behavior
- * is modeled after the capital 'X' perms of setfacl.
- *
- * If @c fd describes a file, we check the @a effective permissions,
- * contrary to what setfacl does.
+ * describes a file, we check the @a effective permissions, contrary
+ * to what setfacl does.
*
* @param fd
* The file descriptor to check.
*
* @return
- * - @c ACL_SUCCESS - @c fd describes a directory, or someone has effective
- execute permissions.
- * - @c ACL_FAILURE - @c fd describes a regular file and nobody can execute
- it.
+ * - @c ACL_SUCCESS - Someone has effective execute permissions on @c fd.
+ * - @c ACL_FAILURE - Nobody can execute @c fd.
* - @c ACL_ERROR - Unexpected library error.
*/
-int any_can_execute_or_dir(int fd) {
-
- if (is_directory(fd)) {
- /* That was easy... */
- return ACL_SUCCESS;
- }
-
+int any_can_execute(int fd) {
acl_t acl = acl_get_fd(fd);
if (acl == (acl_t)NULL) {
- perror("any_can_execute_or_dir (acl_get_file)");
+ perror("any_can_execute (acl_get_file)");
return ACL_ERROR;
}
if (acl_is_minimal(acl)) {
struct stat s;
if (fstat(fd, &s) == -1) {
- perror("any_can_execute_or_dir (fstat)");
+ perror("any_can_execute (fstat)");
result = ACL_ERROR;
goto cleanup;
}
acl_tag_t tag = ACL_UNDEFINED_TAG;
if (acl_get_tag_type(entry, &tag) == ACL_ERROR) {
- perror("any_can_execute_or_dir (acl_get_tag_type)");
+ perror("any_can_execute_or (acl_get_tag_type)");
result = ACL_ERROR;
goto cleanup;
}
acl_permset_t permset;
if (acl_get_permset(entry, &permset) == ACL_ERROR) {
- perror("any_can_execute_or_dir (acl_get_permset)");
+ perror("any_can_execute_or (acl_get_permset)");
result = ACL_ERROR;
goto cleanup;
}
int gp_result = acl_get_perm(permset, ACL_EXECUTE);
if (gp_result == ACL_ERROR) {
- perror("any_can_execute_or_dir (acl_get_perm)");
+ perror("any_can_execute (acl_get_perm)");
result = ACL_ERROR;
goto cleanup;
}
}
if (ge_result == ACL_ERROR) {
- perror("any_can_execute_or_dir (acl_get_entry)");
+ perror("any_can_execute (acl_get_entry)");
result = ACL_ERROR;
goto cleanup;
}
/* Default to not masking the exec bit; i.e. applying the default
ACL literally. If --no-exec-mask was not specified, then we try
- to "guess" whether or not to mask the exec bit. */
+ to "guess" whether or not to mask the exec bit. This behavior
+ is modeled after the capital 'X' perms of setfacl. */
bool allow_exec = true;
if (!no_exec_mask) {
- int ace_result = any_can_execute_or_dir(fd);
+ /* Never mask the execute bit on directories. */
+ int ace_result = any_can_execute(fd) || is_directory(fd);
if (ace_result == ACL_ERROR) {
- perror("apply_default_acl (any_can_execute_or_dir)");
+ perror("apply_default_acl (any_can_execute)");
result = ACL_ERROR;
goto cleanup;
}